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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