2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 119 - ELECTION OFFENSES AND PROSECUTIONS
119.175 Receipt of illegal vote or rejection of legal vote by election officer.

Download as PDF 119.175 Receipt of illegal vote or rejection of legal vote by election officer. (1) (2) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any officer of election who receives, assents to receive or records a vote at an election at a time or place known by him not to be the time and place lawfully appointed, or who knowingly receives the vote of any person other than a qualified voter, or refuses to receive the vote of a qualified voter, shall, for each offense, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and shall forfeit any office he holds and be disqualified from ever holding any office. Any judge of a primary election who knowingly receives a vote of an elector who is not qualified to vote in the primary election under KRS 116.055 shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense. History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 78.