Attorney General Opinion No. 1975-251 PDF Download

Author: Curt Thomas Schneider
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"In 1972, the Conservative Party "voted unanimously to change the name of the party to the "American Party," and that such new name be used henceforth in the nomination of candidates and for ballot designation. You inquired whether your office might accept this as authorization to change the name of the party on future ballots. Attorney General Vern Miller found no statutory regulation or prohibition against a change of name by a political party." In 1975, "two motions were unanimously adopted by a special convention." ... The first motion provided that "the American Party of Kansas, affiliated with the American Party of the United States, disaffiliate from the American Party of the United States." This motion was adopted ... and thereupon, the second motion was made and passed, providing that "the name, American Party, shall be changed back to Conservative Party in the same manner that the name was changed previously to American Party." ... This office regarded the 1972 change of name from Conservative Party to American Party as merely a change of name, and no more. ... Having severed its affiliation with the national organization of the American Party, thereby becoming a separate and independent political party organization, and having changed its name, incident to the termination of affiliation, to that of the Conservative Party, it is now a separate, independent, and hence new political party, subject to K.S.A. 25-302a. ... You ask concerning your responsibilities, if any, which your office has regarding the proposed change other than filing of record the excerpts of minutes dated June 14, 1975. We suggest only that you file the minute excerpts, and that you accept no nominations from the new party, known as the Conservative Party, unless and until it satisfies the requirements of K.S.A. 25-302a." "