KRS § 117.195 Delivery of equipment to clerks -- Arrangement in voting place -- Voting supplies -- County clerk to take receipt and retain keys to all ballot boxes and ballot receptacles.
AI-assisted research summary: The county clerk must deliver and account for voting equipment and supplies before polls open, and the precinct clerk must arrange voting equipment so only the voter can see it in use.
117.195 Delivery of equipment to clerks -- Arrangement in voting place -- Voting supplies -- County clerk to take receipt and retain keys to all ballot boxes and ballot receptacles. (1) At least one (1) hour prior to the opening of the polls, the county clerk shall deliver the voting equipment, 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 or the unique designation of the voting equipment. The clerk of the precinct shall cause any voting equipment to be arranged in the voting place so that the front of the equipment on which the ballots appear, if applicable, and the operating devices, will not be visible, when being operated, to any person other than the voter. (2) In polling places in which voting equipment for multiple precincts are located, the county clerk shall post a sign near the voting equipment identifying the precinct for which the voting equipment has been designated. (3) 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 or confirm that there is available: (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: June 29, 2021 History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 25, effective June 29, 2021. -- 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.