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Code · Kansas · Chapter 25 — Elections

25-617. State offices part of official general ballot, form.

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25-617. State offices part of official general ballot, form. The secretary of state shall prescribe the ballot format but the state offices part of the official general ballot for national and state offices shall follow the national offices part substantially as is shown in this section.
STATE OFFICES
To vote for the pair of candidates, make a cross or check mark in the square at the left of the names of the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. To vote for persons for governor and lieutenant governor whose names are not printed on the ballot, write the names of such persons in the blank spaces and make a cross or check mark in the square to the left.
FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Vote for One Pair
☐ Sam Jones, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Republican
and Bob Smith, Arkansas City
☐ Carol Johnson, Mahaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Democrat
and Roger Wright, Penalosa
☐ _______________________________________________
and
_______________________________________________
To vote for a person, make a cross or check mark in the square at the left of the person's name. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the person's name in the blank space and make a cross or check mark in the square to the left.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
Vote for One
☐ ELIZABETH JUANITA MOORE, Zoomer Republican
☐ RUSSEL ADAM, Topeka Democrat
☐ JOAN SAYLOR, Goodland Prohibition
☐ CHARLES (CHUCK) BROWNING, Kansas City Independent
Nomination
☐ _______________________________________________
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
Vote for One
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
(and continuing in like manner for any other officers elected from the state as a whole)
FOR STATE SENATOR
__________ DISTRICT
Vote for One
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE
__________ DISTRICT
Vote for One
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE
__________ DISTRICT
Vote for One
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
FOR DISTRICT MAGISTRATE JUDGE
__________ DISTRICT
Vote for One
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
_________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Vote for One
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
FOR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER
__________ DISTRICT
Vote for One
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
☐ _______________________________________________
When any office is not to be elected, it shall be omitted from the ballot.
When a voting machine does not provide sufficient space to accommodate the full names of the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, only the surname of such candidates shall be required to be printed on the ballot label unless surnames of one or more of the candidates are the same.
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