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116.085 Transfer of registration -- Change of residence -- Name change.
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When a voter changes his place of residence to another location within the
county, the clerk shall, upon application of the voter in person, by mail, or
through a circuit clerk, transfer the voter's registration record to the proper
precinct.
When a registered voter changes his place of residence from one (1) precinct
to another within the same county before the registration books are closed and
fails to transfer his registration with the county clerk prior to the date the
registration books are closed, the voter shall be permitted to update the voting
records and to vote in the present election at the appropriate precinct for the
current address upon affirmation of his current address and signing the
precinct list as set forth in KRS 117.225. Before being permitted to vote, the
voter shall also confirm his identity as required in KRS 117.227 and complete
the affidavit which is required to be completed by a voter whose right to vote
has been challenged. The subscribed oaths shall be delivered to the county
clerk and investigated in accordance with KRS 117.245.
When a registered voter changes his place of residence from one (1) precinct
to another precinct within the same county after the registration books close,
the voter shall be permitted to vote in the present election at the appropriate
precinct for the current address upon affirmation of his current address and
signing the precinct list as set forth in KRS 117.225. Before being permitted to
vote, the voter shall confirm his identity as required by KRS 117.227 and
complete the affidavit which is required to be completed by a voter whose right
to vote is challenged. The subscribed oaths shall be delivered to the county
clerk and investigated in accordance with KRS 117.245.
When the boundaries of a precinct are changed by law, placing a registered
voter in a new or different precinct, the clerk shall automatically transfer the
voter's registration record to the proper precinct and mail the voter a notice of
the change.
A voter who has changed his name may indicate the change at the precinct on
election day by completing the form provided for this purpose by the State
Board of Elections. The form shall be returned by the precinct officer to the
county clerk who shall make the necessary change on the voter's registration
record.
Effective:January 1, 1995
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 393, sec. 6, effective January 1, 1995. -Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 6, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1974
Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 8, effective June 21, 1974.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). In Attorney General Opinion
94-42, it was concluded that 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 393, which amended 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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