Voting In Kansas

To be eligible to vote in Kansas you must be:

• A United States citizen
• 18 years of age or older
• A Kansas resident

You do not need to provide photo ID during registration, but you must provide some form of identification with your name and address either during registration or at the polls. Examples include:

• Utility bill
• Paycheck
• Kansas driver's license or non-driver's license issued by the DMV
• Bank statement
• Government check or other government document

You must provide identification at the polls if you are a first-time voter in the county and have not already provided identification during registration. You must show some form of identification with your name and address. Examples include:

• Utility bill
• Paycheck
• Kansas driver's license or non-driver's license issued by the DMV
• Bank statement
• Government check or other government document

The deadline to register to vote by mail or in person is 15 days before thel election.

To verify your voter registration status, use your state's registration tool, or contact your local county election officer

If you are a registered voter, you can vote by mail before Election Day using an advance voting application. You can also contact your county election officer to request an application for an advance voting ballot. Complete the application and return it to your county election officer. If you have further questions, call toll-free, 1-800-262-VOTE (8683).

Overseas citizens and U.S. military personnel can find information on how to register to vote and request an absentee ballot at the Overseas Vote Foundation.

If you are a registered voter, you can vote by mail or in person before Election Day using an advance voting application. You can also contact your county election officer to request an application for an advance voting ballot. You can request an advance voting ballot or cast an advance vote ballot by mail or in person. Complete the application and return it to your county election officer. If you have further questions, call toll-free, 1-800-262-VOTE (8683).

Future election dates are to be determined. Please check with your local board of elections office for information on local elections.

In order to be a poll worker in Kansas:

• You must be registered to vote in Kansas
• You must be at least 18 years of age
• You will be entitled to compensation
• Political affiliation required
• You must be a resident of the area in which you will vote
• You must complete required training
• Students who are at least 16 years old and meet all other elector qualifications may be selected to serve

To sign up, contact your local board of elections.

All polls are open 7am- 7pm. Some polls may open earlier or close later.

Employers must grant employees two hours paid leave to vote during their regular working shift.

You can find your polling place by utilizing the Kansas State Polling Place Locator Tool.

If you have further questions on your polling place location, please contact your county clerk.

You may vote by provisional ballot if your name is not on the voter registration list or if there is a question about your qualifications to vote. The envelope containing the ballot is grouped with other provisional ballots. These ballots are not counted on Election Day. They are set aside for consideration by the county canvassers.

PROVISIONAL BALLOT VOTING INSTRUCTIONS:

• Complete a new voter registration card.
• Mark your ballot and seal it in the envelope provided.
• Sign the statement on the envelope.

The voting systems used in Kansas are optical scan, DRE and paper ballots. To find out what system(s) your county uses, click here

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Optical Scan: With this system, you will receive a card or sheet of paper, which you take over to a private table or booth. The card has the names of the various candidates and ballot measures printed on it. With a pen or pencil you fill in a little box or circle or the space between two arrows. When you are finished filling out all the cards, you may bring the cards over to a ballot box, where poll workers will show you how to put the cards in the box. Or in some places, you may feed the completed cards or papers into a computer device that checks your card or paper right there at the polling place to make sure you have voted the way you want to and counts the votes.

Direct Recording Electronic (DRE): This is the newest kind of system in use in the U.S. All the information about who and what you are voting for is on an electronic screen like a TV or computer screen.

There are many variations of DREs because lots of companies are inventing new ones, and many cities, counties and states are trying them out. Usually, after you have signed in, the poll workers will give you a card that you slide into a device to start your voting session.

Some of these devices will show all of the candidates and ballot choices on one big screen. Often, with these big screen devices you push a button next to the name of the candidate you want to vote for (or yes or no on a ballot measure). On other DREs, the screen is set up to show “pages.” On each screen or page, there will probably be one thing to vote on. For example, on one screen or page, you might vote for president. Then you might move to the next page to vote for senator. Often these small-screen devices have a “touch screen,” where you touch the screen next to the name of the person you want to vote for. Other devices have a key pad. And some have a keyboard, so you can write in the name of someone you want to vote for.

You let the system know you are finished voting by pushing a button, touching the screen or entering something on a keypad.

Paper Ballots: Paper ballots are one of the oldest ways of voting in America. They are still used in a few places on Election Day. When you come to the polling place, you will get a paper ballot from the poll worker. You take it to the voting booth, and use a pen or pencil to mark a box next to your candidate and issue choices. You then drop the marked ballot into a sealed ballot box.

Information on local, state and federal candidates and ballot measures is available here.

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Information on local, state and federal candidates and ballot measures is available here.

Voters have the right to vote in an accessible voting place and request assistance if needed. Each polling place is required to have an electronic voting machine equipped to allow disabled voters, including visually impaired voters, to vote in secret.

For information on federal campaign contributions, please visit Open Secrets.