Kansas Statutes 25-2435. Prosecution of election crimes
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 25-2435
- Election: means any primary, general or special election of national, state, county, township, school or city officers or officers of any other subdivision of the state, or any question submitted election held at any time whether the same be upon a constitutional amendment, authority to issue bonds by the state or any subdivision thereof or any other special question whatsoever. See Kansas Statutes 25-2408
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) Independent authority to prosecute any person who has committed or attempted to commit any act that constitutes a Kansas elections crime defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25-1128, and amendments thereto, or article 24 of chapter 25 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall be vested in:
(1) The district attorney or county attorney of the county where such act occurred;
(2) the Kansas attorney general; or
(3) the Kansas secretary of state.
(b) If one of the officers listed in subsection (a) has commenced the prosecution of a person who has committed or attempted to commit any act that constitutes a Kansas election crime, the other officers listed in subsection (a) may provide assistance to the prosecuting officer but shall not commence a separate prosecution.