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Kan. Const. art. V, § 1

Constitution
Constitution of Kansas
Text as of
October 2026

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Qualifications of electors. Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of eighteen years and who resides in the voting area in which he or she seeks to vote shall be deemed a qualified elector. Laws of this state relating to voting for presidential electors and candidates for the office of president and vice-president of the United States shall comply with the laws of the United States relating thereto. A citizen of the United States, who is otherwise qualified to vote in Kansas for presidential electors and candidates for the offices of president and vice-president of the United States may vote for such officers either in person or by absentee ballot notwithstanding the fact that such person may have become a nonresident of this state if his or her removal from this state occurs during a period in accordance with federal law next preceding such election. A person who is otherwise a qualified elector may vote in the voting area of his or her former residence either in person or by absentee ballot notwithstanding the fact that such person may have become a nonresident of such voting area during a period prescribed by law next preceding the election at which he or she seeks to vote, if his new residence is in another voting area in the state of Kansas. History: Adopted by convention, July 29, 1859; ratified by electors, October 4, 1859; L. 1861, p. 57; L. 1917, ch. 353, § 1; L. 1962, ch. 33, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 351, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 462, § 1; August 6, 1974.

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