§ 25-4401 Electronic and electromechanical voting systems and electronic poll books; definitions
§ 25-4402 Purchase, lease or rent and use by county
§ 25-4403 County commission and election officer may authorize; issuance of bonds; abandonment of system, when; direct recording electronic system acquisition prohibited; electronic or electromechanical voting system and electronic poll book requirements for acq
§ 25-4404 Certification by secretary of state; statement required
§ 25-4405 Examination of system or electronic poll books by secretary of state; fee; review of existing system or poll book; notice and hearing; changes may be required; rescinding approval; testing systems, poll books and equipment
§ 25-4406 Mandatory requirements for electronic or electromechanical systems and poll books approved
§ 25-4407 Acquisition of systems and poll books
§ 25-4408 Storage, repair, delivery to voting places and return to storage
§ 25-4409 Ballot arrangement and display of information; candidate rotation; duties of election judges; review by poll agents, when
§ 25-4410 Procedures for voting on paper ballots applicable to systems; sample ballots; instructions and assistance to voters
§ 25-4411 Vote tabulation equipment; testing; notice; conditions of test; error correction; securing and retention of equipment, programs and ballots
§ 25-4412 Securing voting systems against voting after polls closed; counting ballots or envelopes; checking against poll book; write-in votes; sealing of ballots and delivery to judges; duties of election officer and election board members at counting location;
§ 25-4413 Recount of ballots
§ 25-4413a Hard drives of electronic or electromechanical voting systems, optical scanning equipment and other voting systems; copies thereof prohibited without consent of secretary of state; backup copy required, when
§ 25-4414 Electronic or electromechanical voting system and poll book fraud; criminal penalty
§ 25-4415 Adoption of rules and regulations
§ 25-4416 Title
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 25 > Article 44 - Electronic and Electromechanical Voting Systems

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Counting location: means the location in the county selected by the county election officer for the counting of ballots. See Kansas Statutes 25-4401
  • Direct recording electronic system: means a system that records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical components that can be activated by the voter, that processes data by means of a computer program, that records voting data and ballot images in memory components, that produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable memory component and as printed copy, and that may also provide a means for transmitting individual ballots or vote totals to a central location for consolidating and reporting results from precincts at the central location. See Kansas Statutes 25-4401
  • Electronic or electromechanical voting system: means a system of casting votes and tabulating ballots employing automatic tabulating equipment or data processing equipment including a direct recording electronic system. See Kansas Statutes 25-4401
  • Electronic poll book: includes both the hardware and software necessary for operation. See Kansas Statutes 25-4401
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • General election: refers to the election required to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.