Kentucky Statutes 117A.030 – Powers and duties of State Board of Elections
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(1) The State Board of Elections is responsible for implementing this chapter and the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s responsibilities under the Registration and Voting by Absent Uniformed Services Voters and Overseas Voters in Elections for Federal Office Act, 52 U.S.C. secs. 20301 to 20311.
(2) The State Board of Elections shall have the authority to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement this chapter.
(3) The State Board of Elections shall make available to covered voters information regarding voter registration procedures for covered voters and procedures for casting military-overseas ballots.
(4) The State Board of Elections shall establish an electronic transmission system through which a covered voter may apply for and receive voter registration materials, military-overseas ballots, and other information authorized under this chapter.
(5) The State Board of Elections shall:
(a) Develop standardized absentee-voting materials, including privacy and transmission envelopes and their electronic equivalents, authentication materials, and voting instructions, to be used with the military-overseas ballot of a voter authorized to vote in any jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; and
(b) To the extent reasonably possible, coordinate with other states to carry out this section.
(6) The State Board of Elections shall prescribe the form and content of a declaration for use by a covered voter to swear or affirm specific representations pertaining to the voter’s identity, eligibility to vote, status as a covered voter, and timely and proper completion of a military-overseas ballot. The declaration shall be based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a federal write-in absentee ballot, as modified to be consistent with this chapter. The State Board of Elections shall ensure that a form for the execution of the declaration, including an indication of the date of execution of the declaration, is a prominent part of all balloting materials for which the declaration is required.
Effective:March 19, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 6, effective March 19, 2019. — Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 4, effective July 1, 2014.
(2) The State Board of Elections shall have the authority to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement this chapter.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 117A.030
- 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 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
- 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.
- Military-overseas ballot: means :
(a) A federal write-in absentee ballot. 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 make available to covered voters information regarding voter registration procedures for covered voters and procedures for casting military-overseas ballots.
(4) The State Board of Elections shall establish an electronic transmission system through which a covered voter may apply for and receive voter registration materials, military-overseas ballots, and other information authorized under this chapter.
(5) The State Board of Elections shall:
(a) Develop standardized absentee-voting materials, including privacy and transmission envelopes and their electronic equivalents, authentication materials, and voting instructions, to be used with the military-overseas ballot of a voter authorized to vote in any jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; and
(b) To the extent reasonably possible, coordinate with other states to carry out this section.
(6) The State Board of Elections shall prescribe the form and content of a declaration for use by a covered voter to swear or affirm specific representations pertaining to the voter’s identity, eligibility to vote, status as a covered voter, and timely and proper completion of a military-overseas ballot. The declaration shall be based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a federal write-in absentee ballot, as modified to be consistent with this chapter. The State Board of Elections shall ensure that a form for the execution of the declaration, including an indication of the date of execution of the declaration, is a prominent part of all balloting materials for which the declaration is required.
Effective:March 19, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 6, effective March 19, 2019. — Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 4, effective July 1, 2014.