KS · How to vote
Voting in Kansas.
Three ways to vote, three deadlines. ID rules and vote-by-mail policy below — verify the specifics with the Kansas Secretary of State at the link.
1Official source of record
Kansas Secretary of State — Elections
3Federal candidate finance · 2026 cycle
Money in the Kansas federal races
Top-fundraising candidate per race, sourced live from the FEC OpenFEC API. Click through to fec.gov for full disclosures.
U.S. HOUSE
1FEC OpenFEC API2026-05-03
2District map · TIGER/Line 2025 boundaries
Every district in Kansas, on one map
Click any congressional, state senate, or state house polygon for the sitting member and a brief description. Toggle layers below the map to see overlapping legislative geography. Source polygons: US Census TIGER/Line 2025.
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true polygons · 2025 vintage · click a district for details1US Census TIGER/Line 20252026-05-03
3Current officeholders
Who represents Kansas now
Sitting federal members and the governor. Names from Congress.gov (refreshed weekly) and hand-verified state data.
GOVERNOR
Laura Kelly (Democratic)
U.S. SENATE
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Appropriations+4
Commerce, Science, and Transportation+1
Indian Affairs
Intelligence
CHAIRVeterans' Affairs
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Finance+1
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
the Budget
U.S. HOUSE
1Congress.gov API v32026-05-03
3State legislature
Kansas legislators
State senators and representatives by district. Names from OpenStates, refreshed weekly. Multi-member districts (e.g. WV, NH, MD, VT, NJ) list all sitting members under the same district.
STATE SENATE · 40 members · 40 districts
D1Craig Bowser (R)
D2Marci Francisco (D)
D3Rick Kloos (R)
D4David Haley (D)
D5Jeff Klemp (R)
D6Pat Pettey (D)
D7Ethan Corson (D)
D8Cindy Holscher (D)
D9Beverly Gossage (R)
D10Mike Thompson (R)
D11Kellie Warren (R)
D12Caryn Tyson (R)
D13Tim Shallenburger (R)
D14Mike Fagg (R)
D15Virgil Peck (R)
D16Ty Masterson (R)
D17Mike Argabright (R)
D18Kenny Titus (R)
D19Patrick Schmidt (D)
D20Brenda Dietrich (R)
D21Dinah Sykes (D)
D22Brad Starnes (R)
D23Adam Thomas (R)
D24Scott Hill (R)
D25Silas Miller (D)
D26Chase Blasi (R)
D27Joe Claeys (R)
D28Mike Petersen (R)
D29Oletha Faust-Goudeau (D)
D30Renee Erickson (R)
D31Stephen Owens (R)
D32Larry Alley (R)
D33Tory Marie Blew (R)
D34Mike Murphy (R)
D35T.J. Rose (R)
D36Elaine Bowers (R)
D37Doug Shane (R)
D38Ron Ryckman (R)
D39Bill Clifford (R)
D40Rick Billinger (R)
STATE HOUSE · 125 members · 125 districts
D1Dale Helwig (R)
D2Ken Collins (R)
D3Chuck Smith (R)
D4Rick James (R)
D5Courtney Sappington (R)
D7Dan Goddard (R)
D8Chris Croft (R)
D9Fred Gardner (R)
D10Suzanne Wikle (D)
D11Ron Bryce (R)
D12Doug Blex (R)
D13Duane Droge (R)
D14Charlotte Esau (R)
D15Lauren Bohi (R)
D16Linda Featherston (D)
D17Jo Ella Hoye (D)
D18Cindy Neighbor (D)
D19Stephanie Sawyer-Clayton (D)
D20Mari-Lynn Poskin (D)
D21Jerry Stogsdill (D)
D22Lindsay Vaughn (D)
D23Susan Ruiz (D)
D24Jarrod Ousley (D)
D25Rui Xu (D)
D26Chip VanHouden (R)
D27Sean Tarwater (R)
D28Carl Turner (R)
D29Heather Meyer (D)
D30Laura Williams (R)
D31Louis Ruiz (D)
D32Pam Curtis (D)
D33Carolyn Caiharr (R)
D34Val Winn (D)
D35Wanda Paige (D)
D36Lynn Melton (D)
D37Melissa Oropeza (D)
D38Tim Johnson (R)
D39Angela Stiens (R)
D40Dave Buehler (R)
D41Pat Proctor (R)
D42Lance Neelly (R)
D43Bill Sutton (R)
D44Barbara Ballard (D)
D45Mike Amyx (D)
D46Brooklynne Mosley (D)
D47Ronald Ellis (R)
D48Dan Osman (D)
D49Nikki McDonald (D)
D50Kyle McNorton (R)
D51Megan Steele (R)
D52Jesse Borjon (R)
D53Kirk Haskins (D)
D54Ken Corbet (R)
D55Tobias Schlingensiepen (D)
D56Virgil Weigel (D)
D57John Alcala (D)
D58Alexis Simmons (D)
D59Rebecca Schmoe (R)
D60Mark Schreiber (R)
D61Francis Awerkamp (R)
D62Sean Willcott (R)
D63Allen Reavis (R)
D64Bill Bloom (R)
D65Shawn Chauncey (R)
D66Sydney Carlin (D)
D67Angel Roeser (R)
D68Nate Butler (R)
D69Clarke Sanders (R)
D70Greg Wilson (R)
D71Steve Howe (R)
D72Avery Anderson (R)
D73Rick Wilborn (R)
D74Mike King (R)
D75Will Carpenter (R)
D76Brad Barrett (R)
D77Kristey Williams (R)
D78Robyn Essex (R)
D79Web Roth (R)
D80Bill Rhiley (R)
D81Blake Carpenter (R)
D82Leah Howell (R)
D83Henry Helgerson (D)
D84Ford Carr (D)
D85Steve Brunk (R)
D86Abi Boatman (D)
D87Susan Estes (R)
D88Sandy Pickert (R)
D89K.C. Ohaebosim (D)
D90Steve Huebert (R)
D91Emil Bergquist (R)
D92John Carmichael (D)
D93Brian Bergkamp (R)
D94Leo Delperdang (R)
D95Tom Sawyer (D)
D96Tom Kessler (R)
D97Nick Hoheisel (R)
D98Cyndi Howerton (R)
D99Susan Humphries (R)
D100Dan Hawkins (R)
D101Joe Seiwert (R)
D102Kyler Sweely (R)
D103Angela Martinez (D)
D104Paul Waggoner (R)
D105Jill Ward (R)
D106Lisa Moser (R)
D107Dawn Wolf (R)
D108Brandon Woodard (D)
D109Troy Waymaster (R)
D110Ken Rahjes (R)
D111Barb Wasinger (R)
D112Sherri Brantley (R)
D113Brett Fairchild (R)
D114Kevin Schwertfeger (R)
D115Gary White (R)
D116Kyle Hoffman (R)
D117Adam Turk (R)
D118Jim Minnix (R)
D119Jason Goetz (R)
D120Adam Smith (R)
D121Mike Storm (R)
D122Lon Pishny (R)
D123Bob Lewis (R)
D124Marty Long (R)
D125Shannon Francis (R)
Source: openstates.org
3At-a-glance rules
Strict photo IDNo-excuse absenteeOnline voter registration
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
Kansas requires a photo ID to vote. Accepted: driver's license, passport, US military ID, student ID from Kansas college, or government employee ID.
VOTE BY MAIL
Any registered voter may request an advance voting ballot by mail. No excuse required.
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-04-153NCSL absentee + VBM rules2026-04-15
Local elections in Kansas are administered by your County Clerk / Election Office. For ballot or registration help, contact your county clerk or election office.
Official action — KS
The state’s own tools, with links to verify.
Each card below routes to the official Kansas system. Where the state delegates to county Supervisors of Elections, the card says so honestly.
Statewide→
Check my registration
TODO: KS SOS infrastructure DNS-dead 2026-05-03; verify when domain restored.
Statewide→
Register / update online
KS DL or non-driver ID required. Signature pulled from KDOR record. 21-day pre-election deadline. TODO: kdor.ks.gov DNS-dead 2026-05-03.
Statewide→
Find my polling place
TODO: voteks.org DNS-dead 2026-05-03.
Statewide→
Preview my ballot
Sample ballot 45 days pre-election. TODO: voteks.org DNS-dead 2026-05-03.
County
Request a mail ballot
State PDF; submitted to county election office. Photo ID copy required. Cutoff 7 days pre-election. ksvotes.org (third-party) wraps this with a smartphone signature flow. TODO: sos.ks.gov DNS-dead 2026-05-03.
Statewide→
Track my mail ballot
Status in VoterView. No subscribe/notify. TODO: voteks.org DNS-dead 2026-05-03.
Statewide→
See who's on the ballot
Auto-updating list. Filing deadline 2026-06-01 for August 2026 primary. TODO: sos.ks.gov DNS-dead 2026-05-03.
Statewide→
Statewide ballot measures
KS has no citizen initiative. None certified for Nov 2026. TODO: sos.ks.gov DNS-dead 2026-05-03.
Statewide→
Live + past results
Per-cycle archive. Live election-night via SOS site. TODO: sos.ks.gov DNS-dead 2026-05-03.
Statewide→
Election calendar
Primary 2026-08-04, general 2026-11-03. **2026 cuts 3-day mail grace period — all ballots must arrive by close of polls.** TODO: sos.ks.gov DNS-dead 2026-05-03.
1UOCAVA · military & overseas voters
Federal deadlines for Kansas
Active-duty service members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas have separate deadlines under UOCAVA. Sourced live from the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program.
2026-08-04Ballot Request — State PrimarySent by
2026-08-04Ballot Return — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-08-04Registration — State PrimaryBy Mail: Postmarked by
2026-08-04Registration — State PrimaryBy Email or Fax: Received by
2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionSent by
2026-11-03Ballot Return — General ElectionReceived by
2026-11-03Registration — General ElectionBy Email or Fax: Received by
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