25-3211. Election records of secretary of state; certificates of election; publication of election results. (a) The secretary of state shall record and file as a permanent record, each certified statement and determination as made by the state board of canvassers.
(b) The secretary of state shall record and file as a permanent record any certificates received from officers of the legislature under K.S.A. 25-3209.
(c) The secretary of state shall without delay make out and transmit a certificate of election, under the seal of office of the secretary of state, to each of the persons declared to be elected.
(d) The secretary of state shall cause a statement of the determinations made of elections by both the state board of canvassers and the legislature to be published in the Kansas register.
History: R.S. 1923, 25-713; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 113; L. 1975, ch. 270, § 6; L. 1981, ch. 324, § 11; January 1, 1982.
Source or prior law:
L. 1861, ch. 28, § 38; G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 39.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Mandamus proper to require secretary of state to issue election certificate. The State, ex rel., Price v. Lawrence, 3 Kan. 95, 100.
2. Referred to; K.S.A. 46-143 construed; "candidate" and "member elect" of senate distinguished. Rogers v. Shanahan, 221 Kan. 221, 228, 565 P.2d 1384.
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