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 9  AN ACT relating to elections; authorizing voters to vote for ``none of
10    these candidates'' upon the ballot; providing for the conduct of such
11    elections; and providing for subsequent elections if candidates fail to
12    be nominated or elected at the original election.
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14  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
15    Section 1.  In addition to the requirements prescribed by K.S.A. 25-
16  213, 25-213a, 25-616 and 25-617, and amendments thereto, every ballot
17  upon which appears the names of two or more candidates for any state-
18  wide office, the Kansas senate and house of representatives, presidential
19  electors for the president and vice president of the United States and the
20  senate and house of representatives of the United States congress shall
21  contain for each office an additional line equivalent to the lines on which
22  the candidates' names appear and placed at the end of the group of lines
23  containing the names of the candidates for that office. Such additional
24  line shall contain a square in which the voter may express a choice in the
25  same manner as the voter would express a choice of a candidate, and the
26  line shall read ``None of these candidates.''
27    Sec. 2.  Upon canvassing the ballots, if ``None of these candidates''
28  receives more votes than any candidate whose name appears on the ballot
29  for nomination or election to such office, no candidate shall receive a
30  certificate of nomination or election to such office and another election
31  for the nomination or election of candidates for such office shall be called
32  within 30 days. No candidate whose name appeared upon the ballot for
33  the original election and who failed to receive more votes than ``None of
34  these candidates'' shall be eligible to be a candidate in the subsequent
35  special election. No line for ``None of these candidates'' shall be placed
36  upon the ballot for the subsequent special election. Subsequent special
37  elections required by this section shall be called and conducted in accor-
38  dance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of state for
39  such purposes.
40    Sec. 3.  Every sample ballot or other instruction to voters prescribed
41  or approved by the secretary of state shall clearly explain that the voter
42  may vote for ``None of these candidates'' only if he has not voted for any
43  candidate whose name is on the ballot for the office.
HB 2388
                                     

 1    Sec. 4.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
 2  publication in the statute book.