2020 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 117 - Regulation of elections 117.195 Delivery of machines to precincts -- Arrangement in voting place -- Delivery of supplemental paper ballots, federal provisional voter ballots, voter affirmations, election official affirmations, voting booths, supplies, and ballot boxes to each precinct -- County clerk to take receipt and retain keys to all ballot boxes and ballot receptacles.
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117.195
Delivery of machines to precincts -- Arrangement in voting place -Delivery of supplemental paper ballots, federal provisional voter ballots, voter
affirmations, election official affirmations, voting booths, supplies, and ballot
boxes to each precinct -- County clerk to take receipt and retain keys to all
ballot boxes and ballot receptacles.
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At least one (1) hour prior to the opening of the polls, the county clerk shall deliver
each machine, with the operating device and mechanism and the device covering
the registering counters securely locked, to the clerk of the precinct in which it is to
be used, and shall take a receipt indicating the distinguishing number of the
machine. The clerk of the precinct shall cause the machine to be arranged in the
voting place so that the front of the machine, on which appear the ballot labels and
the operating devices, will not be visible, when being operated, to any person other
than the voter.
In polling places in which machines for multiple precincts are located, the county
clerk shall post a sign near each machine identifying the precinct for which the
machine has been designated.
For federal provisional ballots, and supplemental paper ballots if approved as
provided in KRS 118.215, the county clerk shall, at least one (1) hour prior to the
opening of the polls, deliver:
(a) A sufficient number of ballots, and supplemental paper ballots if approved, for
the registered voters of each precinct;
(b) A sufficient number of voting booths for voting federal provisional ballots,
and supplemental paper ballots if approved;
(c) A sufficient amount of string and rubber stamps for marking "Spoiled" and
"Unused" ballots;
(d) A locked ballot box or receptacle for federal provisional ballots, and a
separate locked ballot box for supplemental paper ballots if approved, for each
precinct; and
(e) A sufficient number of federal provisional voter ballots, voter affirmations,
and election official affirmations.
The county clerk shall take a receipt for the number of federal provisional ballots,
and supplemental paper ballots if approved, issued and the ballot boxes or ballot
receptacles for each precinct. The county clerk shall retain the keys to all ballot
boxes and ballot receptacles.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 14, effective July 15, 2020. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 24, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra.
Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 5, effective March 19, 1977. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
130, sec. 33, effective June 21, 1974.
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