Kentucky Statutes 117A.150 – Sample ballot
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(1) At least fifty (50) days before a regularly scheduled election and forty-five (45) days before an election not regularly scheduled, an official in each jurisdiction charged with printing and distributing ballots and balloting material shall make available a sample ballot that includes all of the ballot measures and federal, state, and local offices provided in KRS § 117A.020 that will be on the ballot on the date of the election, and shall provide an electronic copy of the sample ballot to the Secretary of State and to the State Board of Elections.
(2) The State Board of Elections, Secretary of State, and any local election jurisdiction that maintains an Internet Web site shall make the sample ballot required under subsection (1) of this section available on their Web sites.
(3) A covered voter may request a copy of a sample ballot from the Secretary of State, the local election official, or the State Board of Elections, who shall send the sample ballot to the voter by facsimile, electronic mail, or regular mail, as the voter requests.
Effective:March 19, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 11, effective March 19, 2019. — Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 16, effective July 1, 2014.
(2) The State Board of Elections, Secretary of State, and any local election jurisdiction that maintains an Internet Web site shall make the sample ballot required under subsection (1) of this section available on their Web sites.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 117A.150
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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) A covered voter may request a copy of a sample ballot from the Secretary of State, the local election official, or the State Board of Elections, who shall send the sample ballot to the voter by facsimile, electronic mail, or regular mail, as the voter requests.
Effective:March 19, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 11, effective March 19, 2019. — Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 16, effective July 1, 2014.