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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The applicant upon receiving the ballot for presidential and vice-presidential electors shall mark the ballot and then fold the ballot and deposit it and seal it in an envelope furnished by the county election officer.
(b) The voter shall enclose the envelope containing the ballot in a carrier envelope which shall be securely sealed. There shall be imprinted on the outside of the envelope on a form substantially as follows:
I hereby declare that I have qualified as a new resident voter, a former resident voter or relocated resident voter in this state to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors. I have not applied nor do I intend to apply for any advance voting voter's ballot from any other state or precinct in the case of a relocated resident. I have not voted and I will not vote otherwise than by this ballot.
My legal residence (or last residence in Kansas, if a former resident voter or if a relocated resident) is in the ____ precinct, township of ____ (or in the ____ precinct of the ____ ward, ____ street in the city of ____), in the county of ____, state of Kansas.
Dated: ________ (Signature of voter)
Note: False statement on this declaration is a class C misdemeanor.
The voter shall sign the declaration upon the carrier envelope as set forth above, and shall then deliver the sealed carrier envelope to the county election officer, who shall keep the carrier envelope in such officer's office until delivered by such officer to the proper election officials to be canvassed.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 25. Elections § 25-1806. Marking and disposition of ballot; declaration on return carrier envelope - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-25-elections/ks-st-sect-25-1806/
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