The arrangement of the names certified under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25-610, and amendments thereto, by the secretary of state shall govern the county election officer in arranging the ballot, and the county election officer in preparing the ballot for the county shall follow the same arrangements as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 25-610 and 25-611, and amendments thereto, for the secretary of state, for the candidates nominated for county offices, using the township and precincts of the county in making his division.

Blank spaces shall be left at the end of the list of candidates for each different office equal to the number to be elected thereto, in which the voter may insert the name of any person not printed on the ballot for whom the voter desires to vote for such office.