Kansas Statutes § 25-2502 Same; dates of primary, general and special elections specified
Statute Text
(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
[special elections]
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
[special]
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 a general or primary election but may be held on the same day as a general or primary election.
History
Amended by L. 2023 , ch. 79 , § 37 , eff. 7/1/2023 .
Amended by L. 2015 , ch. 88 , § 59 , eff. 7/1/2015 .
L. 1968, ch. 406, § 2; L. 1983, ch. 123, § 5; Jan. 27.
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