116.0455 Voter registration through motor vehicle driver's license application.
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(a)
Each motor vehicle driver's license application, including any renewal
application, submitted to the appropriate motor vehicle authority shall serve as
an application for voter registration unless the applicant fails to sign the voter
registration application.
(b) An application for voter registration submitted under paragraph (a) of this
subsection shall be considered as updating any previous voter registration by
the applicant.
No information relating to the failure of an applicant for a motor vehicle driver's
license to sign a voter registration application may be used for any purpose other
than voter registration.
(a) The Transportation Cabinet shall include a voter registration application form
as part of an application for a motor vehicle driver's license.
(b) The voter registration application portion of an application for a motor vehicle
driver's license shall comply with the requirements of Section 5 of Public Law
103-31, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Any change of address form submitted for purposes of a motor vehicle driver's
license shall serve as notification of change of address for voter registration for the
registrant involved unless the registrant states on the form that the change of address
is not for voter registration purposes.
(a) A completed voter registration portion of an application for a motor vehicle
driver's license accepted by a circuit clerk shall be transmitted to the county
clerk of the county of the applicant's voting residence not later than ten (10)
days after the date of acceptance.
(b) If a voter registration application is accepted within five (5) days before the
last day for registration to vote in an election, the application shall be
transmitted to the county clerk of the county of the applicant's voting
residence not later than five (5) days after the date of acceptance.
The circuit clerk shall provide to the county clerk a declination statement signed by
an applicant if the applicant has declined to register to vote.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 393, sec. 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). In Attorney General Opinion 94-42,
it was concluded that 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 393, which enacted this statute "will take
effect on January 1, 1995, the date the National Voter Registration Act will take
effect with respect to Kentucky."
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