2025 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 25 - Elections
Article 6 - Official Ballots
25-617 State offices part of official general ballot, form.

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KS Stat § 25-617 (2025)
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25-617. State offices part of official general ballot, form.
The secretary of state shall prescribe the ballot format but the state offices part of the official general ballot for national and state offices shall follow the national offices part substantially as is shown in this section.


STATE OFFICES

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To vote for the pair of candidates, make a cross or check mark in the square at the left of the names of the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. To vote for persons for governor and lieutenant governor whose names are not printed on the ballot, write the names of such persons in the blank spaces and make a cross or check mark in the square to the left.


FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Vote for One Pair

     ☐ Sam Jones, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Republican

          and Bob Smith, Arkansas City

     ☐ Carol Johnson, Mahaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Democrat

          and Roger Wright, Penalosa

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To vote for a person, make a cross or check mark in the square at the left of the person's name. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the person's name in the blank space and make a cross or check mark in the square to the left.


FOR SECRETARY OF STATE

Vote for One

     ☐ ELIZABETH JUANITA MOORE, Zoomer                                                                                                                                    Republican

     ☐ RUSSEL ADAM, Topeka                                                                                                                                                                Democrat

     ☐ JOAN SAYLOR, Goodland                                                                                                                                                             Prohibition

     ☐ CHARLES (CHUCK) BROWNING, Kansas City                                                                                                                         Independent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Nomination

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FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

Vote for One

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(and continuing in like manner for any other officers elected from the state as a whole)

FOR STATE SENATOR

__________ DISTRICT

Vote for One

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

__________ DISTRICT

Vote for One

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FOR DISTRICT JUDGE

__________ DISTRICT

Vote for One

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FOR DISTRICT MAGISTRATE JUDGE

__________ DISTRICT

Vote for One

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FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY

_________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Vote for One

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FOR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER

__________ DISTRICT

Vote for One

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When any office is not to be elected, it shall be omitted from the ballot.

When a voting machine does not provide sufficient space to accommodate the full names of the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, only the surname of such candidates shall be required to be printed on the ballot label unless surnames of one or more of the candidates are the same.

History: L. 1973, ch. 153, § 7; L. 1975, ch. 208, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 181, § 4; L. 1978, ch. 137, § 6; L. 1981, ch. 165, § 7; L. 1986, ch. 115, § 74; L. 1991, ch. 100, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 291, § 5; July 1.

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