Kentucky Statutes 117A.050 – Registration to vote — Postcard application or equivalent — Declaration accompanying federal ballot — Electronic transmission system
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(1) To apply to register to vote, in addition to any other approved method, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application, or the application’s electronic equivalent.
(2) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received during the period registration is open under KRS § 116.045. If the declaration is received after the last day of registration under KRS § 116.045, it shall be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.
(3) The State Board of Elections shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in KRS § 117A.030(4) is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate election official. The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to register to vote.
Effective:March 19, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 8, effective March 19, 2019. — Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 6, effective July 1, 2014.
(2) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received during the period registration is open under KRS § 116.045. If the declaration is received after the last day of registration under KRS § 116.045, it shall be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 117A.050
- Covered voter: means :
(a) A uniformed-service voter or an overseas voter who is registered to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 117A.010 - Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Federal postcard application: means the application prescribed under the Registration and Voting by Absent Uniformed Services Voters and Overseas Voters in Elections for Federal Office Act, 52 U. See Kentucky Statutes 117A.010
- Federal write-in absentee ballot: means the ballot described in the Registration and Voting by Absent Uniformed Services Voters and Overseas Voters in Elections for Federal Office Act, 52 U. See Kentucky Statutes 117A.010
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 117A.010
(3) The State Board of Elections shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in KRS § 117A.030(4) is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate election official. The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to register to vote.
Effective:March 19, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 8, effective March 19, 2019. — Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 6, effective July 1, 2014.