SB4

Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

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Kansas SB4 mandates that advance voting ballots must be returned by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

Kansas SB4 amends the state's election laws to require that all advance voting ballots be returned by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election. The bill specifies that ballots received by mail must be postmarked or otherwise indicated by the United States postal service to have been mailed on or before the close of polls on election day. The Secretary of State is tasked with adopting rules and regulations to implement this change, and the existing section K.S.A. 25-1132 is repealed as part of this amendment.

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Sponsors

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Roll Call Votes

84 Yea

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41 Nay

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Calendar

Feb 11, 2025

3:30 PM

House Elections Hearing

Jan 22, 2025

10:30 AM

Senate Federal and State Affairs Hearing

History

Mar 25, 2025

Senate

Senate Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 30 Nay: 10

Mar 25, 2025

House

House Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 84 Nay: 41

Mar 24, 2025

Senate

Senate Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Monday, March 24, 2025