§ 119.005 Definitions for chapter
§ 119.015 Clerk making or permitting wrongful registration, or failing or refusing to deliver copies of registration records
§ 119.025 Wrongful registration
§ 119.035 Alteration, suppression, mutilation, or destruction of registration record — Making or using false or fraudulent record
§ 119.045 Interfering with registration
§ 119.056 Alteration, mutilation, or suppression of nomination papers
§ 119.065 Forgery of nomination papers
§ 119.076 Clerk’s failure to place candidate’s name on ballot
§ 119.095 Printer’s violation of duty in printing ballots
§ 119.105 Removal or destruction of election supplies or booths
§ 119.115 Unauthorized possession of key to voting machine, equipment, or system — Tampering with, injuring, or destroying ballots, machines, equipment, or systems
§ 119.125 Sheriff’s failure to hold election or perform other election duties
§ 119.145 Election officer’s refusal to admit challenger
§ 119.155 Preventing voter from casting ballot — Interfering with election
§ 119.165 Penalties for falsely personating a voter or voting by nonresident or unqualified person or convicted felon
§ 119.175 Receipt of illegal vote or rejection of legal vote by election officer
§ 119.185 Disobeying election officer’s command
§ 119.195 Removing or tampering with ballots
§ 119.205 Making or receiving expenditures for vote, for withholding of vote, or for signing a petition to have public question on ballot — Definition of “expenditure” — Procedures for paying for transportation of voters — Applicability of KRS 502.020
§ 119.207 Prohibition against paying compensation based upon number or characteristics of voters registered
§ 119.225 Denial of rights of inspectors by county board of elections
§ 119.235 Alteration, suppression, or destruction of stub book, return, or certificate of election
§ 119.245 Violation of law or failure to perform duty by member of board of elections
§ 119.255 Intimidation of election officer or board of elections
§ 119.265 Violation of duties for which no other penalty provided
§ 119.275 Advising or assisting violation of election laws
§ 119.277 Prohibitions against holding elective office
§ 119.285 Irregularity or defect in conduct of election no defense
§ 119.295 Applicability of penalties for regular elections to primaries and to elections for United States Senator
§ 119.305 Report by election officers of violations — Arrest of offenders
§ 119.307 Report to grand jury on election officials inexcusably absent — Subject to prosecution
§ 119.315 Grand jury may compel testimony as to violation of election laws
§ 119.325 Refusal to produce evidence of corrupt practices when summoned by grand jury a Class A misdemeanor
§ 119.335 Evidence required to support conviction for violation of election laws
§ 119.345 Witness not exempted from giving incriminating testimony — Immunity except from perjury charge
§ 119.355 Limitation of prosecutions
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 119 - Election Offenses and Prosecutions

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Ballot box: means any box, bag, or other container that can be locked, sealed, or otherwise rendered tamper-resistant, for receiving ballots. See Kentucky Statutes 119.005
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • machine: means a part of a voting system that consists of:
    (a) A direct recording electronic voting machine that:
    1. See Kentucky Statutes 119.005
  • Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • official ballot: means the official presentation of offices and candidates to be voted for, including write-in candidates, and all public questions submitted for determination, and shall include a voting machine ballot, a paper ballot, an absentee ballot, a special ballot, a federal provisional ballot, a federal provisional absentee ballot, or a supplemental paper ballot which has been authorized for the use of the voters in any primary or regular or special election by the Secretary of State or the county clerk. See Kentucky Statutes 119.005
  • Regular election: means the election in even-numbered years at which members of Congress are elected and the election in odd-numbered years at which state officers are elected. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Voting equipment: means any physical component of a voting system and includes voting machines where voting machines are in operation. See Kentucky Statutes 119.005
  • Voting system: means :
    (a) The total combination of physical, mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic equipment, including the software, hardware, firmware, and documentation required to program, control, and support that equipment, that is used to:
    1. See Kentucky Statutes 119.005
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010