KRS 117.0863
Assistance in voting by absentee ballot -- Form required of voter and assistant
Redline — August 1, 2020 → current.View current text →
Current — July 28, 2021
As of August 1, 2020
(1) Except for those voters who have been certified as requiring assistance in voting on a permanent or annual basis, any person voting by means of an absentee ballot by mail or on the voting machine in the county clerk’s office or other place designated by the county board of elections, and approved by the State Board of Elections, as provided in this chapter who receives assistance in voting shall be required to complete the voter assistance form required by KRS 117.255.
(1) Except for those voters who have been certified as requiring assistance in voting on a permanent or annual basis, any person voting by means of a mail-in absentee ballot or in-person absentee ballot who receives assistance in voting shall be required to complete the voter assistance form required by KRS 117.255.
(2) Any person who assists another person in voting by use of an absentee ballot by mail or on a voting machine in the county clerk’s office or other place designated by the county board of elections, and approved by the State Board of Elections, shall complete the voter assistance form required by KRS 117.255.
(2) Any person who assists another person in voting by use of an mail-in absentee ballot or in-person absentee ballot shall complete the voter assistance form required by KRS 117.255.
(3) The detachable flap on all absentee ballot envelopes shall have printed upon it the voter assistance form required by KRS 117.255, as well as a notice of the penalty for failure to complete the form.
(3) The detachable flap on all mail-in absentee ballot envelopes shall have printed upon it the voter assistance form required by KRS 117.255, notice of the penalty for failure to complete the form, and notice of the penalty under KRS 117.0865.
(4) The State Board of Elections shall promulgate a voter assistance form which shall be in a form acceptable to the Attorney General.
(4) The State Board of Elections shall promulgate by administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A a voter assistance form which shall be in a form acceptable to the Attorney General.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.