Ballot measure · Kansas · November 3, 2026

Constitutional Amendment

On Kansas's statewide ballot on November 3, 2026.1,2,3

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would reword the constitution's voter qualification section to say that no person is a qualified voter unless the person is a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old and living in the voting area, keeping the existing exceptions for some voters who have recently moved.1,2

A no vote

A no vote would keep the current wording, which says every U.S. citizen who is at least 18 and lives in the voting area is a qualified voter, with the same exceptions for some voters who have recently moved.2,3 art. 5, § 1

§2How it got on the ballot

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3

Under the Kansas Constitution, the legislature proposes amendments by a concurrent resolution approved by two-thirds of the members of each house; we could not confirm this amendment's resolution number.4 art. 14, § 1

It is on Kansas's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Kansas's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of the votes on it. Needs more yes votes than no votes.4 art. 14, § 1