25-2416. Voting without being qualified. (a) Voting without being qualified is knowingly voting or attempting to vote without being qualified:
(1) In any election district when not a lawfully registered voter in such election district; or
(2) at any election by a person who is not a citizen of the United States or who does not otherwise meet the qualifications of an elector.
(b) Voting without being qualified or attempting to vote without being qualified is a severity level 7, nonperson felony.
(c) The provisions of K.S.A. 21-5301(c), and amendments thereto, shall not apply to a violation of attempting to vote without being qualified pursuant to this section.
History: L. 1974, ch. 157, § 10; L. 2015, ch. 87, § 5; July 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Cited; law on voting absentee ballot for another (K.S.A. 25-1124) applied. Lambeth v. Levens, 237 Kan. 614, 618, 702 P.2d 320 (1985).
2. Cited; constitutionality of mail ballot election act (K.S.A. 25-431 et seq.) examined and upheld. Sawyer v. Chapman, 240 Kan. 409, 414, 415, 729 P.2d 1220 (1986).
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