This bill revises the mail ballot election law in Kansas by excluding counties, cities, school districts, and community colleges from its provisions while permitting certain irrigation districts to conduct mail ballot elections for their directors. It mandates that qualified electors must transmit or deliver advance voting ballots unless federal law specifies otherwise. The bill also introduces new procedures for irrigation district director elections, including the requirement for a mail ballot election plan to be submitted to the secretary of state and outlines the qualifications for voters and candidates.

Additionally, the bill clarifies voting qualifications within irrigation districts, defining "qualified owners of land" as those who own land assessed under K.S.A. 42-715 and are otherwise qualified electors. It specifies that individuals owning land in multiple voting areas must vote in the area with the largest portion of their land. The definition of "qualified electors" is broadened to include legal owners of irrigable land and those authorized to vote on behalf of entities that own such land, with a limitation of one vote per entity. The bill repeals K.S.A. 42-706 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-432, which may have contained outdated provisions, and will take effect upon publication in the statute book.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 42-706
As Amended by Senate Committee: 25-432, 42-706
H Sub for: 42-706, 25-432, 25-2437
As introduced: 42-706