Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 25-4414

  • Electronic or electromechanical voting system: means a system of casting votes and tabulating ballots employing automatic tabulating equipment or data processing equipment including a direct recording electronic system. See Kansas Statutes 25-4401
  • Electronic poll book: includes both the hardware and software necessary for operation. See Kansas Statutes 25-4401
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.

(a) Electronic or electromechanical voting system or electronic poll book fraud is:

(1) Being in unlawful or unauthorized possession of electronic or electromechanical voting system equipment, electronic poll book equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware, software or ballots;

(2) accessing without authorization or facilitating the unauthorized access to electronic or electromechanical voting system equipment, electronic poll book equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware, software or ballots;

(3) knowingly publishing or causing to be published any password or other confidential information relating to electronic or electromechanical voting system equipment, electronic poll book equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware or software; or

(4) intentionally tampering with, altering, disarranging, defacing, impairing or destroying any electronic or electromechanical voting system, electronic poll book or component part thereof, or any ballot used by such electronic or electromechanical voting systems.

(b) Electronic or electromechanical voting system or electronic poll book fraud is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.