Kansas § 25-716 Plurality of votes to govern question submitted election

Kansas Statutes

§ 25-716 — Plurality of votes to govern question submitted election

Kansas § 25-716

Ch. 25ELECTIONS

Art. 7CANVASSING RETURNS AND CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25-716 (2026).

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(a)Notwithstanding the fact that the provisions of law may not have been fully complied with in noticing and conducting a question submitted election and so that the real will of the people may not be defeated by any technical irregularity of any officer, whenever the greater number of votes were in favor of a question submitted, the question shall be deemed to have carried and likewise if the greater number of votes were against a question submitted, the question shall be deemed not to have carried.

(b)"Question submitted election" means any election at which a special question is to be voted on by the electors of the state or a part of them.

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(a) Notwithstanding the fact that the provisions of law may not have been fully complied with in noticing and conducting a question submitted election and so that the real will of the people may not be defeated by any technical irregularity of any officer, whenever the greater number of votes were in favor of a question submitted, the question shall be deemed to have carried and likewise if the greater number of votes were against a question submitted, the question shall be deemed not to have carried.
(b) "Question submitted election" means any election at which a special question is to be voted on by the electors of the state or a part of them.