Article 4, Kansas Constitution

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Article 4 of the Kansas Constitution is labeled Elections and consists of three sections.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Mode of Voting All elections by the people shall be by ballot or voting device, or both, as the legislature shall by law provide.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: General Elections General elections shall be held biennially on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November in even-numbered years. Not less than three county commissioners shall be elected in each organized county in the state, as provided by law.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Recall of Elected Officials All elected public officials in the state, except judicial officers, shall be subject to recall by voters of the state or political subdivision from which elected. Procedures and grounds for recall shall be prescribed by law.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Kansas State Library, "Kansas Constitution"
• Kansapedia: Kansas State Historical Society, "Wyandotte Constitution"
• Kansapedia: Kansas State Historical Society, "Kansas Constitutions"

Additional reading

• Heller, Francis H. (2011) The Kansas State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press
• Wilder, D.W. (1875). The Annals of Kansas
• Cutler, William G. (1883) History of the State of Kansas, Chicago, Illinois: A. T. Andreas