Citizenship requirement for voters (HCR 5004)
Kansas prints an explanatory statement and "a vote for/against" statements on the ballot; no official arguments or fiscal notes. Quotation marks in source are unbalanced (each statement opens with “).
GAP-FILL 2026-10-10: fiscal_impact quoted verbatim from Kansas Legislative Research Department, Supplemental Note on HCR 5004, Fiscal Information section (https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26%2Fds_docs_li%2Fsupp_note_hcr5004_01_0000.pdf). Single-sourced (one official document). States that no fiscal note was available; quotes SOS publication cost estimate.
Shall the following be adopted? Explanatory statement. This amendment would clarify that only a person who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to vote in this state.
A vote for this proposition would clarify that only a person who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to vote in this state.
A vote against this proposition would make no change to the constitution of the state of Kansas, and the language concerning voter qualifications would remain the same.
Explanatory statement. This amendment would clarify that only a person who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to vote in this state.
No fiscal note was available at the time the House Committee took action on the resolution. [Note: The representative of the Secretary of State indicated that there is an estimated cost of $50,000, all from the State General Fund, to publish public notice of Constitutional Resolutions.]
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