(1) The original canvass by election boards.
(2) Intermediate and final canvasses by county boards of canvassers.
(3) Final canvass by the state board of canvassers.
(5) All other officers canvassing or having a part in the canvass of any election.
(1) No ballot, or any portion thereof, shall be invalidated by any technical error unless it is impossible to determine the voter's intention. Determination of the voter's intention shall rest in the discretion of the board canvassing in the case of a canvass and in the election court in the case of an election contest.
(A) Whenever a voting mark shall be made in the square at the left of the name of more than one candidate for the same office, except when the ballot instructs that more than one candidate is to be voted.
(B) Whenever a voting mark is placed in the square at the left of a space where no candidate is listed.
(3) When a registered voter has cast a provisional ballot intended for a precinct other than the precinct in which the voter resides but located within the same county, the canvassers shall count the votes for those offices or issues which are identical in both precincts. The canvassers shall not count the votes for those offices or issues which differ from the offices or issues appearing on the ballot used in the precinct in which the voter resides.
(B) only the name of the candidate for governor is written on the ballot.
(B) only the name of the candidate for president is written on the ballot.
(6) A write-in vote for candidates for state offices elected on a statewide basis other than offices subject to paragraph (4) shall not be counted unless the candidate has filed an affidavit of candidacy pursuant to K.S.A. 25-305, and amendments thereto.
(7) Any advance voting or mail ballot whose envelope containing the voter's written declaration is unsigned, shall be wholly void and no vote thereon shall be counted.
(8) No ballot cast shall be counted if the voter fails to provide valid identification as defined by K.S.A. 25-2908, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 31; L. 1975, ch. 204, § 9; L. 1976, ch. 189, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 100, § 4; L. 1992, ch. 291, § 9; L. 1993, ch. 287, § 11; L. 1995, ch. 192, § 47; L. 2003, ch. 112, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 93, § 8; L. 2011, ch. 56, § 12; Jan. 1, 2012.
Section was also amended by L. 2004, ch. 25, § 14, but that version was repealed by L. 2004, ch. 93, § 13.