Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1990-005 written by Robert T. Stephan and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By statute, a candidate in Kansas can have her or his name placed on the ballot by either filing a nominating petition, or filing a declaration of intention and paying a filing fee. Due to the change in district and precinct boundaries, however, the number of signatures required on nominating petitions cannot be determined. Until the statutory method of calculating the number is changed, the only means of becoming placed on the ballot is by filing fee. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that, based on the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution, an indigent candidate cannot be required to pay a filing fee, and that a reasonable alternative means of ballot access must be available. Until current law is amended, the filing fee requirement must be waived for persons unable to pay. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1988 Supp. 25-205, as amended by L. 1989, Ch. 106, section 3; K.S.A. 25-206, as amended by L. 1989, Ch. 106, section 4.