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1) Central voter registration site for Barton County
Works with outreach voter registration sites
2) Maintains voter registration database
3) Generates voter registration lists and reports
NVRA mandated confirmation mailings - required for the purging of names from voter registration files
NVRA mandated Notice of Disposition mailings
NVRA mandated Notice of Disposition/Rejection mailings
4) Election Preparation
Accepts filing for public office
Prepares newspaper publications for elections
Reviews election law
Prepares all certification of board workers to party chairs and the individual board workers
Solicits election board workers, individuals to set-up polling sites, and advanced voting board workers, etc.
Prepares ballot proofs for ballot printing and scanner programming
Orders all ballot stock and voting supplies
Scan all ballots on election night
Prepares results and provisional ballots for County Board of Canvassers which convene the Friday following each election
Certification of all election results to the public, media and Secretary of State
Prepares "Certificate of Nomination" and "Certificate of Election" forms
Procure polling precinct sites
5) Requirements for Voter Registration
Citizen of the United States
Kansas resident
Be 18 years of age before the next statewide election
If convicted of a felony, have had civil liberties restored
Has abandoned former residence and/or name

 

Barton County Clerk's Office ¨ 1400 Main - Room 202 ¨ Great Bend KS  67530 ¨ (620) 793-1835