25-306. Acceptance of multiple nominations prohibited; exceptions. Unless a person declines a nomination pursuant to K.S.A. 25-306e, and amendments thereto, withdraws from candidacy pursuant to K.S.A. 25-306a, and amendments thereto, or withdraws from a nomination pursuant to K.S.A. 25-306b, and amendments thereto:
(a) No person shall be eligible to accept more than one nomination for the same office.
(b) No person shall be eligible for nomination to an office pursuant to K.S.A. 25-303 or 25-304, and amendments thereto, if such person has filed either a declaration of intention to become a candidate for the same office or has filed a nomination petition for the same office.
(c) No person shall be eligible to file either a declaration of intention to become a candidate for an office or a nomination petition for an office if such person has accepted a nomination for the same office pursuant to K.S.A. 25-303 or 25-304, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1893, ch. 78, § 8; L. 1897, ch. 129, § 8; L. 1901, ch. 177, § 5; L. 1903, ch. 228, § 1; R.S. 1923, 25-306; L. 1955, ch. 205, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 93; L. 1970, ch. 135, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 105, § 6; July 1.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Simultaneous candidacies; simultaneous nomination to same office. 84-86.
Partisan election of members of city council; acceptance of more than one nomination to same office; name only once on ballot. 97-20.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Vice-presidential candidate cannot prevent use of name. Breidenthal v. Edwards, 57 Kan. 332, 46 P. 469.
2. Cited; party not nominating candidate at primary cannot fill vacancy. District Party Committee v. Ryan, 152 Kan. 509, 511, 106 P.2d 261.
3. Section inapplicable to primary nominations. State v. Tipton, 166 Kan. 145, 148, 199 P.2d 463.
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