25-4324.
Same; petition; circulation; signatures; withdrawal.
The petitions shall be circulated in person by a sponsor. No petition shall be circulated in more than one county. The county election officer of the county in which each petition is circulated shall certify to the county election officer where petitions are required to be filed the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition. Any registered elector of such election district may subscribe to the petition by signing such elector's name and address. A person who has signed the petition may withdraw such person's name only by giving written notice to the county election officer where petitions are to be filed before the date filed. The necessary signatures on a petition shall be secured within 90 days from the date that the recall committee receives notice that the county or district attorney has determined that the grounds for recall as stated in the petition are sufficient as required by K.S.A. 25-4322, and amendments thereto. The petition shall be signed only in ink. Illegible signatures unless accompanied by a legible printed name may be rejected by the county election officer.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 178, § 24; L. 1978, ch. 147, § 7; L. 1991, ch. 104, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 105, § 10; L. 2002, ch. 146, § 8; July 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
cases, 1987–2002 · leading case:
Cline v. Meis, 905 P.2d 1072 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995).
Cline v. Meis, 905 P.2d 1072 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995).
· cites it 11× “” K.S.A. 25-4324 reads in relevant part: “The petitions shall be circulated in person by a sponsor and only in the election district in which such sponsor resides.”
Unger v. Horn, 732 P.2d 1275 (Kan. 1987).
· cites it 2× “Street Number Name of or RR Name of Signer (as Registered) City Date of Signing ______________ _______________ ________________ ________________ ______________ _______________ ________________ ________________" Circulation of the recall petition is covered by K.S.A. 25-4324,…”
Richards v. Schmidt, 56 P.3d 274 (Kan. 2002).
· cites it 2× “The petition with 181 signatures was deemed clearly insufficient. Richards appealed. *755 The precise issue as framed by the parties is whether the number of signatures required was established at the time the recall petition was approved and allowed to be circulated under K.”
Baker v. Gibson, 913 P.2d 1218 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995).
“Within 90 days of this filing of the petition, the recall committee must secure the necessary signatures, K.S.A. 25-4324, and file the petition again with the county election officer.”
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