SENATE BILL No. 6
AN ACT concerning elections; prohibiting the use of any form of ranked-choice voting
methods in conducting elections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) No form of ranked-choice voting method shall be
used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any
federal, state, county or other municipal elected office.
(b) As used in this section, the term "ranked-choice voting" means
a form of voting that allows voters to rank two or more candidates for
an elected office in order of preference and tabulates the cast ballots in
multiple rounds with the elimination of the lowest vote-receiving
candidate after each round until a candidate receives a majority of the
votes cast.
(c) Any ordinance, resolution or regulation prohibited by
subsection (a) that was adopted prior to July 1, 2025, shall be null and
void.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the
SENATE, and passed that body
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SENATE concurred in
HOUSE amendments _______________________
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President of the Senate.
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Secretary of the Senate.
Passed the HOUSE
as amended _________________________
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Speaker of the House.
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Chief Clerk of the House.
APPROVED _____________________________
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Governor.