Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

HB 2017 changes the deadline for receiving mailed advance voting ballots in Kansas. It requires that all mail-in advance ballots be received by county election offices by 7:00 p.m. on election day itself, rather than allowing them to arrive up to three days after the election as previously permitted. This directly affects voters who submit ballots by mail, as their ballots must now be postmarked and received by the county office by the election day deadline. The bill amends Kansas Statute 25-1132 to establish this new 7:00 p.m. election day deadline for mailed ballots.