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117.205 Examination by election officers -- Correction of defects -- Reserve
voting machine.
Before permitting any person to vote on the day of the election, the election officers
shall examine the machine to ascertain whether it has been operated since the
counters referred to in subsections (10) and (11) of KRS 117.125 were set at zero,
and to ascertain whether the ballot labels are arranged as specified on the printed
instruction cards. If the machine indicates that it has been operated or if the ballot
labels are not so arranged, the officers shall not unlock the operating device or
mechanism, but shall immediately secure the attendance of the county clerk and one
(1) member of the county board of elections other than the county clerk, who shall
reset the counters at zero and relock the device covering the counters, or properly
arrange the ballot labels, as the case may be, in the presence of the election
officers. If the attendance of members of the board of elections cannot be obtained
before the opening of the polls or within one (1) hour thereafter, the election officers
shall notify the county clerk of the foregoing facts and obtain from the county clerk a
reserve voting machine, and proceed to conduct the election. Any reserve machine
shall have been certified for use at the election by the county board of elections and
prepared for use at the election by the election officers in the precinct in the same
manner as the original machine was prepared for the election. The machine found to
have been so operated shall be returned immediately to the custody of the county
clerk, whose duty it shall be to promptly repair same in order that it may be used as
a reserve machine in the election if needed.
Effective:July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 25, effective July 13, 1990. -Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 34, effective June 21, 1974.
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