Title X, Elections

approved signature roster. (1) For purposes of this section, "personal telecommunication device" means a device that emits an audible signal, vibrates, displays a message, or otherwise summons or delivers a communication to the possessor, including but not limited to a paging dev…

during polling hours and investigate reported violations -- Reports to prosecutors. (1) A county board of elections, a clerk, judge/executive, sheriff, fiscal court, the Attorney General, grand jury, or the county chairman of either of the two (2) political parties which polled t…

(1) The fact that a person is registered constitutes only prima facie evidence of his or her right to vote and does not prevent the officers of any election from refusing to allow him or her to vote for cause. (2) When the officers of an election disagree as to the qualifications…

Report of violations. (1) The voter shall be instructed by the officers of election, with the aid of the instruction cards and any model if applicable, in the use of the voting equipment, if the voter so requests. (2) Except for those voters who have been certified as requiring a…

candidate -- Certified lists of qualified candidates. (1) A voter may, at any regular or special election, cast a write-in vote for any person qualified as provided in subsection (2) or (3) of this section whose name does not appear upon the ballot for any office by writing the n…

Return sheets -- Transmission of records -- Return of keys, equipment, ballot boxes, federal provisional ballot receptacle, supplemental paper ballot box, ballot stubs, and spoiled and unvoted ballots -- Authorized representatives of candidates and news media to witness vote coun…

surveillance -- Examination -- Custody of keys. (1) For a period of thirty (30) days following any election, the voting equipment shall remain locked against voting, the ballot boxes containing all paper ballots shall remain locked, and the voting equipment and ballot boxes shall…

to compel recanvass -- Returns -- Forms for reporting recanvassed vote -- Administrative regulations for recanvass procedures. (1) The canvass and returns provided for in KRS 117.275 shall constitute the official returns of the precinct, unless before 4 p.m. on the Tuesday follow…

(1) Each political party is entitled to have not exceeding two (2) challengers at each precinct during the holding of the primary election. Any group of bona fide candidates, as defined in KRS 118.176, of the same political party equal to twenty- five percent (25%) of all the can…

The duties of a challenger appointed and certified as provided in KRS 117.315 shall include: (1) The challenge of the eligibility of a voter who presents himself at the precinct to vote, but who the challenger has reason to believe: (a) Is not a duly registered voter in the preci…

A challenger appointed and certified as provided in KRS 117.315 shall not: (1) Electioneer or campaign on behalf of any candidate, issue, or political party; (2) Handle official election materials except as provided in KRS 117.187; (3) Attempt to intimidate or harass, verbally or…

(1) It shall be the duty of a precinct election officer to warn a challenger who violates any provision of KRS 117.187 and 117.316 to 117.318. If the challenger continues to violate these provisions, the precinct election officer shall order the challenger out of the polling plac…

Remedies -- Penalties -- Defense -- Exceptions. (1) (a) Any candidate for any elected office whose appearance, action, or speech is altered through the use of synthetic media in an electioneering communication may seek injunctive or other equitable relief against the sponsor of t…

expenses -- Submission of claims. The county clerk may request reimbursement from the State Board of Elections, for the cost of employing office personnel necessary for the conduct of elections, including the registration and purgation of voters in the county. Such reimbursement …

(1) The cost of all elections held in any county shall be allowed by the fiscal court or legislative body of any urban-county government, charter county, consolidated local government, or unified local government and paid by the county treasurer, except as otherwise provided by l…

board of elections -- Contents. (1) Within three (3) days after any primary or general election, the precinct election sheriff shall file a report with the chair of the county board of elections and with the local grand jury. The report shall include any irregularities observed a…

affirmations, and absentee ballot applications by county clerk to grand jury -- Certified photocopies. Upon the first day a grand jury convenes after a primary, regular election, or special election, the county clerk shall present to the grand jury all voter assistance forms, all…

to approval of State Board of Elections -- Petition in emergency situation. (1) The legislative body of any county, urban-county government, charter county government, consolidated local government, or unified local government, may acquire by purchase or lease or lease-purchase a…

Elections. (1) (a) Any person or corporation owning, manufacturing, or selling any voting system or e-poll book product may request the State Board of Elections to examine the voting system or e-poll book product. Before requesting an examination or reexamination, any person, per…

The State Board of Elections shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A which shall maintain the maximum degree of correctness, impartiality, and efficiency of the procedures of voting and shall provide methods to: (1) Count, tabulate, and reco…

A voter who spoils or defaces a ballot or marks it erroneously shall return the ballot to an election officer. The election officer shall deliver to the voter another ballot, but no voter may receive more than three (3) ballots including the one originally delivered to the voter.…

On any day after ballots have been certified by the Secretary of State as provided in KRS 118.215, petitions to allow consolidation of precincts have been approved by the State Board of Elections as provided in KRS 117.066, and any petitions authorized by KRS 242.030(4) are filed…

The provisions of all laws relating to elections not inconsistent with Acts 1982, Ch. 360 apply to elections in all counties in which electronic or electromechanical tabulation of ballots are used.

Beginning January 1, 1984, the State Board of Elections shall submit a biennial report to the Legislature concerning the status of various voting equipment and voting systems that are in use or are approved for use in this state. This report shall also contain any recommendations…

students -- Private sponsorship. (1) The Secretary of State shall implement an annual statewide essay contest for students in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) and an annual statewide slogan contest, each to be relative to an elections-related topic to be chosen by the Secretar…

(1) Any person appointed to serve as an election officer but who shall knowingly and willfully fail to serve and who is not excused by the county board of elections for the reasons specified in this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and shall be ineligible to serve as an ele…