2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 119 - ELECTION OFFENSES AND PROSECUTIONS .165 False personation of a voter -- Nonresident or unqualified person voting.
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119.165 False personation of a voter -- Nonresident or unqualified person voting.
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Any person who falsely personates a registered voter, and receives and casts a ballot
by means of such personation, shall be guilty of a Class D felony. An attempt at
such personation shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor.
Any person who, by means other than falsely personating a registered voter, votes at
an election in this state when he is a resident of another state or country, or votes
more than once at an election, or votes by use of the naturalization papers of another
person, shall be guilty of a Class D felony. Any person who knowingly votes or
attempts to vote in a precinct other than the one in which he resides shall be guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor, unless by voting in a precinct in which he does not live
he is enabled to vote in a race or on a matter in which he could not vote in his
proper precinct in which case he shall be guilty of a Class D felony. Any person
who lends or hires his or another's naturalization papers to be used for the purpose
of voting shall be subject to the same penalty.
Any resident of this state who, by means other than falsely personating a registered
voter, votes at a regular or special election before he has resided in this state thirty
(30) days, or in the county and precinct where the election is held the time required
by law, or before he has attained full age, or before he has become a citizen, shall be
guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
Any person who, by means other than falsely personating a registered voter, votes in
a primary election knowing that he is not qualified as provided in KRS 116.055,
shall be guilty of a violation.
Any person who applies for or receives a ballot at any voting place other than the
one at which he is entitled to vote, under circumstances not constituting a violation
of any of the provisions of subsections (1) to (4) of this section, shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 463, sec. 12, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 74, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
130, sec. 77.
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