Kansas § 25-4612 Optical scanning equipment fraud; criminal penalty

Kansas Statutes

§ 25-4612 — Optical scanning equipment fraud; criminal penalty

Kansas § 25-4612

Ch. 25ELECTIONS

Art. 46OPTICAL SCANNING SYSTEMS TO COUNT VOTES

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25-4612 (2026).

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(a)Optical scanning equipment fraud is:

(1)Being in unlawful or unauthorized possession of ballots, optical scanning equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware or software;

(2)accessing without authorization or facilitating the unauthorized access to optical scanning equipment;

(3)knowingly publishing or causing to be published any password or other confidential information relating to optical scanning equipment; or

(4)intentionally tampering with, altering, disarranging, defacing, impairing or destroying any optical scanning equipment or component part thereof, or any ballot, operating system, firmware or software used by a system.

(b)Optical scanning equipment fraud is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.

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(a) Optical scanning equipment fraud is:
(1) Being in unlawful or unauthorized possession of ballots, optical scanning equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware or software;
(2) accessing without authorization or facilitating the unauthorized access to optical scanning equipment;
(3) knowingly publishing or causing to be published any password or other confidential information relating to optical scanning equipment; or
(4) intentionally tampering with, altering, disarranging, defacing, impairing or destroying any optical scanning equipment or component part thereof, or any ballot, operating system, firmware or software used by a system.
(b) Optical scanning equipment fraud is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.