Voting and Elections FAQ

Our office is happy to provide voter registration forms and registration drive instructions. By law you should return completed registrations within five (5) days from signature on the registration form. Additionally, remember that voter registration now ends twenty-one (21) days before the election, so be sure to return forms in time for the office to input new registrations. 

There are several ways to register to vote:

If you have a valid KS Driver License or KS State ID you may go to the Kansas Secretary of State's website. Complete the online registration application. The record will pull your DL or State ID signature and attach to your application when submitted.

Walk in to our office and complete a new registration application.

Visit the Register to Vote page. Print off either the Kansas Voter Registration Application (PDF format) or the Federal Voter Registration Application (PDF Format), complete, sign and return it to our office (fax, email, mail, or in person).

Mailing Address: 1100 Massachusetts Street, Ste. 102, Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Email Address: elections@douglascountyks.org
Fax: 785-832-5192

1. Make sure you are a resident of the district that you are considering running for, especially during periods of redistricting that may move district lines to unfamiliar locations.
2. The Douglas County Election Office has established the Election Research Gateway that will provide users a mean of researching registration numbers, voter turnout, and some basic registrant data about the residents of your intended district. The Gateway is at your disposal for all posted information and forms you might require. The same information can be provided by our office upon request by phone, fax, or email, but users may appreciate independent access to research election information.
3. If you are seeking a complete voter database for precinct, district, or county wide voter information, you are required to submit a non-commercial use form before such data can be provided. Please contact our office to submit your request, but the non-commercial use form is available from the Voting and Election Documents page to get you started.

Yes. You will be asked to complete a provisional ballot, and will complete a new registration form with your new name. Your registration will be researched. If everything is found to be valid, and you are indeed registered, your ballot will count.

If you reside in Douglas County, KS and registered to vote at least twenty-one days before the upcoming election then yes, you may vote. If you have moved from another county in Kansas within thirty (30) days before an election, and did not reregister in Douglas County, you may return to your former county, and vote under the allowance of former precinct voting.

You still need to submit a Declaration of Intention to run for office, and you have a $1 filing fee to pay to the Election Office. You will also need to complete a Statement of Substantial Interest form. If you do not anticipate raising or spending more than $500 in your campaign, you can fill out the Affidavit of Exemption from Filing Receipts and Expenditures Reports (PDF format), and your obligations have been met.

The Election Research Gateway contains all financial disclosure of campaign receipts and expenditures. The County Clerk's Office is in the process of posting to the Gateway all Statements of Substantial Interest of all candidates and elected officials of Douglas County, but in the meantime, all of these documents are also available from the County Clerks' Election Office.