Notwithstanding any provision of K.S.A. 25-213, and amendments thereto, there shall be printed upon the official primary election ballots the following heading (in lieu of the heading otherwise provided by law) when the governor and lieutenant governor are to be nominated:
OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT
______________ Party
"To vote for persons for governor and lieutenant governor whose names are printed on the ballot make a cross or check mark in the square to the left of the names of the persons running together for such offices.
"To vote for a person (except governor and lieutenant governor) whose name is printed on the ballot make a cross or check mark in the square to the left of the name of the person for whom you desire to vote. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write such person's name in the blank space provided for the purpose and make a cross or check mark in the square to the left."
After the names of each office, there shall be a statement of the number of candidates to vote for, for the particular office, and for one pair of governor and lieutenant governor candidates running together. When the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer and commissioner of insurance are not to be nominated, no reference to those offices shall appear on the ballot.
To the left of governor and lieutenant governor running together, one square shall be printed to the left of the names of each pair running together. No blank lines shall be printed following the offices of governor and lieutenant governor.
K.S.A. 25-213a