Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2022
By Committee on Elections
Requested by Representative Waggoner
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AN ACT concerning elections; clarifying when special elections may be
held; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-2502 and repealing the existing
section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-2502 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 25-2502.(a) "General election" means the elections held on the
Tuesday following the first Monday in November of both even-numbered
and odd-numbered years, and in the case of an election of any officers to
fill vacancies held on a date other than the Tuesday following the first
Monday in November, the election at which any such officer is finally
elected.
(b) "Primary election" means the elections held on the first Tuesday
in August of both even-numbered and odd-numbered years and any other
preliminary election held on a date other than the first Tuesday in August
at which part of the candidates for election to any national, state, county,
township, city, school or other municipal office are eliminated by the
process of the election but at which no officer is finally elected.
(c) "Special election" means any election that is not a general or
primary election, including, but not limited to, any mail ballot election
conducted pursuant to K.S.A. 25-431 et seq., and amendments thereto. A
special election shall not be held within 45 days of before or after a
general or primary election but may be held on the same day as a general
or primary election.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-2502 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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