Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 25-4608

  • Ballot: means a paper ballot on which candidates' names or questions are printed and which is designed to receive opaque marks which can be detected by optical scanning equipment and which is capable of being counted manually. See Kansas Statutes 25-4601
  • Optical scanning equipment: means apparatus designed to examine and detect opaque marks on ballots which represent votes and count and tabulate those votes by electronic methods. See Kansas Statutes 25-4601

Insofar as applicable, the procedures provided for voting on regular paper ballots shall apply when optical scanning equipment is to be used. Prior to delivering any ballot to the voter, the board worker should place a unique mark in the box printed at the bottom of the ballot. A unique mark shall be of such a manner so as not to identify any individual ballot and shall be consistent on every ballot delivered to a voter in the voting place.