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117.383 Rules and regulations.
The State Board of Elections shall prescribe rules and regulations which shall
include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness, impartiality, and
efficiency of the procedures of voting;
(2) Count, tabulate, and record votes;
(3) Establish a method for placing items on the electronic voting device, which
shall, as closely as possible, follow the requirements pertaining to ballot labels;
(4) Design the ballot cards, including a numerical system to insure an accurate
record of all voting activities;
(5) Instruct voters in the use of the voting device;
(6) Provide for checking the accuracy of the equipment;
(7) Provide necessary supplies, including those necessary for a write-in vote and
secrecy envelopes for punch cards or data processing cards to insure voter
privacy;
(8) As part of the official canvass, provide for a manual recount of randomly
selected precincts representing three percent (3%) to five percent (5%) of the
total ballots cast in each election;
(9) Provide a method for maintaining sufficient documents and records so that
votes can be recounted. Such documents and records shall include any
material other than a ballot card which is imprinted with the names of
candidates and issues voted upon. Records shall be maintained in such a
manner that a specific piece of printed material listing issues and candidates
can be matched with the specific ballot cards which were marked in reliance
upon such printed material. Except as otherwise required in this chapter that
certain records and papers relating to specified elections be retained for
twenty-two (22) months, such documents and records shall be maintained for
thirty (30) days following an election.
Effective:July 15, 1986
History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1986. -Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 5, effective March 2, 1984. -- Created 1982
Ky. Acts ch. 360, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1982.
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