Presidential Preference Primary Election

States may use presidential preference primary elections to determine which candidate for each political party will run for the office of President and Vice President of the United States in the state’s general election on November 5, 2024. Some states, including Kansas, hold their state primary election and presidential primary election on different dates. State presidential preference primary elections in 2024 are scheduled in February, March, April, May, and June.

The National Conference of State Legislatures has a table with the 2024 dates for state primaries and presidential preference primaries or caucuses available on their website.

2024 Presidential Preference Primary Election in Kansas

Senate Sub. for HB 2053, as enacted, provides for a presidential preference primary election to be held on March 19, 2024. Each political party participating in primary elections is required to hold a presidential preference primary election for the purpose of electing the preferred nominee of the political party for the office of President and Vice President of the United States, unless a political party submitted written notice to the Secretary of State (Secretary) on or before December 1, 2023, that such political party has elected to not participate.

Election Procedures

Voter registration. County election officers are required to provide for the registration of voters at one or more places on all days except the 30 days preceding the election. Applications mailed and postmarked or received by voter registration agencies and the Division of Vehicles, Department of Revenue no later than the 31st day preceding the date of the election must be accepted and processed by county election officers.

Advance voting. Advance voting ballot applications must be filed between January 1, 2024, and 30 days prior to the presidential preference primary election. Advance voting ballots must be received by noon on the day before the election (March 18, 2024) if transmitted in person, or by the close of polls on election day if transmitted by mail.

Post-election audit. An audit must be performed manually and review all paper ballots after the election and prior to the meeting of the county board of canvassers.

Notice. Notice of the election must be posted on the Secretary’s website and the website of each county election office no less than 31 days prior to the election.

Board of Canvassers. The State Board of Canvassers is required to meet on or before April 12, 2024, to canvass the vote of the preference primary. The Secretary must publish in the Kansas Register and on the Secretary’s website a certified statement of the candidates for President for each party and the number of votes each received on a statewide basis and for each congressional district.

2024 Presidential Primary Elections or Caucuses in Other States

There are 43 states, including Kansas, holding a presidential preference primary election for each political party in 2024.

Four states (Alaska, Hawaii, Missouri, and North Dakota) will hold a presidential preference primary election for the Democrat Party and a caucus for the Republican Party in 2024.

Three states (Idaho, Iowa, and Wyoming) will have a caucus for each political party in 2024.

Please see the map, above, outlining which states will have a presidential preference primary election or caucus in 2024.