Terminating the secretary of state's authority to appoint election commissioners and transferring the jurisdiction, powers and duties for conducting elections in those counties with an election commissioner to the county clerk for such county.

HB 2258 transfers responsibility for administering elections from the Kansas Secretary of State to county clerks in counties currently using election commissioners. Starting July 1, 2025, the Secretary of State will no longer appoint election commissioners, and all election duties - including voter registration, supervision, and ballot management - will move to county clerks. This affects counties with populations over 125,000 that currently have election commissioners. The bill amends Kansas law to require county clerks to follow existing election procedures (K.S.A. 25-126) and transfer all election records to their office upon the change.