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Kansas Regulations § 7-24-2 Chain of custody documentsVersion dated Oct. 30, 2024

Regulation Text

Receipts and records for election supplies, including ballots and poll books, shall be made and given in the following manner:
(a) All receipts for election supplies, including ballots and poll books, shall be on forms provided by the county election officer so that photocopies are clearly legible. The county election officer shall make provisions for each of the kinds and types of election supplies received by the supervising judge. The forms shall clearly state the township, precinct, and ward on them. Forms used in nonpartisan elections shall clearly state the voting place.
Supplies for Voting Places
(b) At the time the supervising judge receives election supplies, including ballots and poll books, a receipt shall be made and signed by the supervising judge.
(c) Upon the return of the election supplies required by law to be returned to the county election officer, a receipt shall be made and signed by the county election officer, or the duly authorized deputy, for the supplies returned.
(d) Voting machine keys shall be accounted for as provided in K.S.A. 25-1326 and amendments thereto.
(e) Receipts for election supplies submitted substantially in the following form shall be considered sufficient:
RECEIPT FOR ELECTION SUPPLIES SENT OUT
County _____ Voting Place _____ Date of Election
All of the ballots and other election supplies required by law for the above described voting place were received by the supervising judge on the date indicated.
Ballots Other supplies
No. pkgs. Kind Total No. Kind
National and state Poll books
County township Registration books
State question Party affiliation lists
Judicial Abstracts of votes
Question submitted Oaths for challenges
City Miscellaneous supplies
School
Voting machine(s) Keys for voting machines
Received By
Signature of supervising judge
RECEIPT FOR ELECTION SUPPLIES RETURNED
County _____ Voting Place _____ Date of Election
All of the ballots and other election supplies furnished for the above described voting place were received by the county election officer on the date indicated.
Ballots returned Voted Unvoted Void, objected to, challenged Total Total sent out Difference
National and state
County--township
State question
Judicial
Question submitted
City
School
Other supplies returned
Poll books
Registration books
Party affiliation lists
Abstracts of votes
Oaths for challenges
Miscellaneous supplies
Keys for voting machines
Received By
(Date) County Election Officer

History

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 25-2707 ; effective Jan. 1, 1972; amended March 23, 2001.