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2020 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 117 - Regulation of elections
117.375 Definitions for chapter.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 117.375 (2020)
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117.375 Definitions for chapter. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Electronic or electromechanical voting system" means a system of casting votes by use of marking devices and tabulating ballots employing automatic tabulating equipment or data processing equipment. (2) "Automatic tabulating equipment" means apparatus necessary to automatically examine and count votes as designated on ballots and data processing machines which can be used for counting ballots and tabulating results. (3) "Voting device" means either an apparatus in which paper ballots or ballot cards are used in connection with an implement by which a voter registers his or her votes with ink or other substance or by punching, or an apparatus by which such votes are registered electronically, so that in either case the votes so registered may be computed and tabulated by means of automatic tabulating equipment. (4) "Ballot card" means a tabulating card on which votes may be recorded by a voter by use of a voting punch device or by marking with a pen or special marking device. (5) "Ballot label" means the cards, papers, booklet, pages or other material on which appear the names of candidates and the questions to be voted on by means of ballot cards or voting machines. (6) "Ballot" or "official ballot" means the voting machine ballot label, ballot cards, paper ballots, an absentee ballot, a federal provisional ballot, a federal provisional absentee ballot, or a supplemental paper ballot which has been authorized for the use of voters in any primary or regular or special election by the Secretary of State or the county clerk. (7) "Voting punch device" means an apparatus in which ballots or ballot cards are inserted for the piercing of ballots by the voter. The hole may be in the form of a round dot, rectangle, square, or any other shape that will clearly indicate the intent of the voter. (8) "Vote marking device" means any approved device for marking a paper ballot with ink or other substance which will enable the ballot to be tabulated by means of automatic tabulating equipment. (9) "Secrecy envelope" means the envelope handed to the voter with his or her ballot into which the voter shall place his or her voted ballot cards. (10) "Precinct ballot counter" means an automatic tabulating device used at the precinct to tabulate and process ballots. (11) "Voting machine" or "machine" shall include lever machines and, as far as applicable, any electronic or electromechanical unit and supplies utilized or relied upon by a voter in casting and recording his votes in an election. (12) "Proof of identification" means a document that was issued by: (a) The United States or the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the document contains: 1. The name of the individual to whom the document was issued; and 2. A photograph of the individual to whom the document was issued; (b) The United States Department of Defense, a branch of the uniformed services, the Merchant Marines, or the Kentucky National Guard, and if the document contains: 1. The name of the individual to whom the document was issued; and 2. A photograph of the individual to whom the document was issued; (c) A public or private college, university, or postgraduate technical or professional school located within the United States, and contains: 1. The name of the individual to whom the document was issued; and 2. A photograph of the individual to whom the document was issued; or (d) Any city government, county government, urban-county government, charter county government, consolidated local government, or unified local government, which is located within this state, and the document contains: 1. The name of the individual to whom the document was issued; and 2. A photograph of the individual to whom the document was issued. (13) "Federal provisional voter" means a person: (a) Who is registered to vote; (b) Whose name appears on the precinct roster; (c) Who has not provided proof of identification to the precinct election officer before voting in a federal election; and (d) Who elects to proceed with voting a federal provisional ballot under KRS 117.229. (14) "Federal provisional ballot" or "federal provisional absentee ballot" means ballots which have been authorized by the Secretary of State or the county clerk to be used by federal provisional voters in any federal primary or election. Effective: July 15, 2020 History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 23, effective July 15, 2020. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 32, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 360, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982.
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