Kansas


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ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (785) 296-4559
Email: BradB@kssos.org
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION

Primary ballot access:

Only Democratic and Republican candidates may
appear on the primary ballot
File a declaration of intent with $100 [25-4502]
Or petition: 1,000 signatures [25-4502]
The state legislature frequently cancels presidential
primary elections for various reasons. The most
recent was in 1992, and before that in 1980.

“Recognized” party qualifications:

Petition: 2% of the last vote for Secretary of State.
Or received at least 5% of the vote in the last
gubernatorial election for parties that nominate by
primaries rather than by convention.

General ballot access for recognized party candidates:

Party notifies the Secretary of State after the national convention

General ballot access for independent candidates

Petition: 5,000 signatures [25-303]
Deadline: noon the first Monday of August [25-
305 & 25-203]

Last day to withdraw from the ballot: none

Primary date:

Note: In 2000, the legislature amended 25-4501 to
authorize the Secretary of State to set the date of the
primary if he can identify at least 5 other states to
participate in a multi-state primary on the same date.
If he finds the states, he is to certify the date to the
legislature and governor by November 3, 2004. If
not, the date of the primary defaults to the first
Tuesday in April.

Participation: Closed primary

Source:
The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....

Write-In Information

An “Affidavit of Write-in Candidacy” for the offices of president and vice-president shall be filed with the secretary of state no later than 12:00 noon on October 27, 2008.

Kansas Secretary of State
Elections & Legislative
Memorial Hall, 1st Floor
120 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612-1594
Source:
Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/