Kentucky Statutes 117A.040 – Voting precinct and address of overseas voter — Administrative regulations
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(1) In registering to vote, an overseas voter who is eligible to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall use and shall be assigned to the voting precinct of the address of the last place of residence of the voter in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or, in the case of a voter described by KRS
117A.010(1)(e), the address of the last place of residence in the Commonwealth of Kentucky of the parent or legal guardian of the voter. If that address is no longer a recognized residential address, the voter shall be assigned an address for voting purposes.
(2) The State Board of Elections shall promulgate administrative regulations covering the procedures for assigning an address for voting purposes for an overseas voter whose last place of residence is no longer a recognized residential address, provided that any regulations promulgated under this section shall specify that the overseas voter’s assigned address shall be located in the same voting precinct as the overseas voter’s last place of residence would have been located if the address were still a recognized residential address.
Effective:March 19, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 7, effective March 19, 2019. — Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 5, effective July 1, 2014.
117A.010(1)(e), the address of the last place of residence in the Commonwealth of Kentucky of the parent or legal guardian of the voter. If that address is no longer a recognized residential address, the voter shall be assigned an address for voting purposes.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 117A.040
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Overseas voter: means a United States citizen who is outside the United
States. 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
(2) The State Board of Elections shall promulgate administrative regulations covering the procedures for assigning an address for voting purposes for an overseas voter whose last place of residence is no longer a recognized residential address, provided that any regulations promulgated under this section shall specify that the overseas voter’s assigned address shall be located in the same voting precinct as the overseas voter’s last place of residence would have been located if the address were still a recognized residential address.
Effective:March 19, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 7, effective March 19, 2019. — Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 5, effective July 1, 2014.