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2022 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 117 - Regulation of elections
117.0861 Persons who may exercise control over mail-in absentee ballots.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 117.0861 (2022)
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117.0861 Persons who may exercise control over mail-in absentee ballots. (1) (2) No person shall knowingly collect, gain possession of, deliver, or exercise control over a mail-in absentee ballot, except for: (a) A voter personally casting his or her ballot by means of mail-in absentee ballot; (b) An election official engaged in official duties as prescribed in KRS Chapters 116 to 120; (c) A United States Postal Service worker or any other person who is allowed by law to transmit United States mail if the worker or other person is engaged in official duties; (d) A family member of the voter: 1. Who shall be related to the voter as set forth in KRS 6.611(16)(a), or as established by marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship; and 2. Who is designated by the voter to assist in the mail-in absentee voting process; (e) A person: 1. Who shares the same residence of the voter; and 2. Is designated by the voter to assist in the mail-in absentee voting process; and (f) A caregiver: 1. Who provides medical or healthcare assistance to the voter in a residence, nursing care institution, hospice facility, assisted living center, assisted living facility, assisted living home, residential care institution, adult day healthcare facility, or adult foster home; and 2. Who is designated by the voter to assist in the mail-in absentee voting process. For subsection (1)(d), (e), and (f) of this section, the person designated by the voter shall not have been: (a) Declared mentally disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction, which adjudication has not been set aside; or (b) Convicted of an election law offense whose civil rights have not been restored by the Governor. Effective: June 29, 2021 History: Created 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 6, effective June 29, 2021.
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