Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2018
By Committee on Elections
Requested by Representative Waggoner
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AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the qualifications of poll
workers; prohibiting the disqualification of active military members,
spouses or other dependents as poll workers on the basis of residency
or registered voter status.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) Neither the secretary of state nor any county election
officer shall disqualify an individual from serving as a poll worker at any
election on the basis of residency or registered voter status if such
individual is a citizen of the United States and an active military member
or the spouse or other dependent of an active military member.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise
restrict any poll worker qualifications based on the age of the individual,
except as provided in K.S.A. 25-2804, and amendments thereto.
(c) "Active military member" means any person with full-time duty
status in the armed forces of the United States, including members of the
national guard and reserve.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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