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116.0452 Standards for timely receipt of voter registration application -Removal of names from registration books -- Confidentiality of
registration location.
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For the purpose of determining whether a voter registration application is
received during the period in which registration books are open under KRS
116.045(2), an application shall be deemed timely received:
(a) In the case of registration with a motor vehicle driver's license application,
if the valid voter registration form of the applicant is accepted by the
circuit clerk before the registration books are closed;
(b) In the case of registration by mail, if the valid voter registration form of the
applicant is legibly postmarked before the registration books are closed;
(c) In the case of registration with a voter registration agency, if the valid
voter registration form of the applicant is accepted at the voter registration
agency before the registration books are closed; and
(d) In any other case, if the valid voter registration form of the applicant is
received by the appropriate county clerk before the registration books are
closed.
The county clerk shall send notice to each applicant of the disposition of the
application.
The name of a registered voter shall not be removed from the registration
books except:
(a) Upon request of the voter;
(b) As provided by KRS 116.113, upon notice of death, declaration of
incompetency, or conviction of a felony; or
(c) Upon failure to respond to a confirmation mailing sent pursuant to KRS
116.112(3) and failure to vote or appear to vote and, if necessary, correct
the registration record of the voter's address in an election during the
period beginning on the date of the notice and ending on the day after the
date of the second general election for Federal office that occurs after the
date of the notice.
The identity of the voter registration agency or circuit clerk's office through
which any particular voter is registered shall not be disclosed to the public.
Effective:July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2002. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 393, sec. 3, effective January 1, 1995.
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