Kan. Admin. Regs. § 7-45-2 - Oversight of authorized poll agents

(a) The supervising judge shall instruct each authorized poll agent appointed to the polling place of all requirements pertaining to authorized poll agents that are issued by the county election officer or given in Kansas law.

(b) If a poll agent does not comply with the requirements, any election board worker may ask the poll agent to correct or cease the improper or illegal activity or to leave the polling place. This activity shall be reported to the county election officer.

(c) The election board workers shall ensure that the poll agents do not engage in any activities that would constitute election crimes, including the following:

(1) Electioneering, as defined in K.S.A. 25-2430 and amendments thereto;

(2) voter intimidation, as defined in K.S.A. 25-2415 and amendments thereto;

(3) disorderly election conduct, as defined in K.S.A. 25-2413 and amendments thereto;

(4) unauthorized voting disclosure, as defined in K.S.A. 25-2422 and amendments thereto; and

(5) voting machine fraud, as defined in K.S.A. 25-2425 and amendments thereto.

(d) The election board workers shall prevent the poll agents from performing the following:

(1) Touching or handling any voter's ballot during the voting process;

(2) distributing ballots or counting ballots;

(3) hindering or obstructing any voter from voting or from entering and leaving the polling place;

(4) hindering or obstructing any election board worker from performing election duties; and

(5) speaking to any voter in the polling place other than a greeting.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 7-45-2

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 25-3005; effective July 7, 2008; amended by Kansas Register Volume 42, No. 14; effective 4/21/2023.