With about 160 days remaining before the presidential election in November Kansas Secretary of State’s office announced that a third party has reached the threshold to have candidates on this year's ballots.
KRPS’s Fred Fletcher-Fierro has more.
United Kansas is the second political party in Kansas this year to be validated by the Secretary's office. The first party to achieve recognition in Kansas was No Labels Kansas in January 2024.
United Kansas met the requirements by submitting a petition containing the signatures of registered voters equal to 2 percent of the total votes cast in the 2022 statewide gubernatorial general election. The signatures on the petition were validated by county election officials who reported their results to the Secretary of State’s office.
United Kansas joins No Labels Kansas and the Libertarian Party, recognized in 1992, as a minor political party. It cannot participate in the August primary election and instead must nominate candidates for the November general election via convention or caucus by noon on June 3.
With the official recognition of United Kansas, the party is eligible to register voters under its affiliation and nominate candidates for public office. Kansas voter registration forms have been modified to reflect United Kansas as an option for voter affiliation.
For more information about elections, visit VoteKansas.gov.
