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STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
(Amended at ARRS Committee)

31 KAR 4:170.Exceptions to prohibition on electioneering.

Section 1.

Definitions.

(1)

"Bumper sticker" means a sticker that measures within fourteen (14) inches by five (5) inches for display on a vehicle bearing a printed message soliciting votes for or against any bona fide candidate or ballot question in a manner which expressly advocates the election or defeat of the candidate or expressly advocates the passage or defeat of the ballot question.

(2)

"Electioneering" is defined by KRS 117.235(3)(d).

(3)

"Polling place" means a voting place established in accordance with the provisions of KRS 117.065.

(4)

"Voting room" means a room in which votes are polled as established in accordance with the provisions of KRS 117.235(1).

Section 2.

Exceptions to Electioneering. Electioneering shall not include:

(1)

A bumper sticker pursuant to KRS 117.235(3)(d)affixed to a person's vehicle while parked within or passing through a distance of 100300 feet of any polling place on the day of any election for a reasonable amount of time in which to vote; or

(2)

A voter's use of a personal telecommunications device, computer, or other information technology system, in the voting room to record or transmit electronically an image of his or her own personal likeness and ballot, if the voter does not use the picture:

(a)

To solicit signatures to a petition or solicit votes for or against any bona fide candidate or ballot question in a manner that expressly advocates the election or defeat of the candidate or expressly advocates the passage or defeat of the ballot question; and

(b)

Within a distance of 100 feet of any entrance to a building in which a voting machine is located if that entrance is:

1.

Unlocked; and

2.

Used by voters on election day.

HISTORY: (32 Ky.R. 2200; eff. 7-26-2006; 43 Ky.R. 1000, 1375; eff. 3-3-2017; 48 Ky.R. 3026; 49 Ky.R. 1029; eff. 1-31-2023.)

FILED WITH LRC: October 11, 2022
CONTACT PERSON: Taylor Brown, General Counsel, 140 Walnut Street, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, phone (502) 782-9499, email TaylorA.Brown@ky.gov.

7-Year Expiration: 5/5/2033


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