Last Action | 04/08/22: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 172) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to elections. |
Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 172
Current/Final Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 1996 |
Sponsor | K. Bratcher |
Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 117.001 to include a definition of "e-poll book" and exclude it from the definition of "voting machine" and "voting systems"; amend KRS 117.025 to allow the State Board of Elections to choose to provide master lists of registered voters in electronic format to county clerks for in use in e-poll books during an election; and amend KRS 117.379 to permit the State Board of Elections to examine any voter registration system maintained by the county clerk, including e-poll books, to establish the security of the system and its components, with a report to be provided to the county board of elections. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
County Clerks - E-poll book implementation and related requirements Elections and Voting - E-poll book implementation, definition, and related requirements Secretary of State - E-poll book implementation, definition, and related requirements State Agencies - State Board of Elections, e-poll book implementation and related requirements |
Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2 Senate Floor Amendment 3 |
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Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain the provisions of the bill, except change the time the State Board of Elections is required to provide an electronic master list of registered voters to each county clerk from 21 days to 10 days before the first day of in-person absentee voting for a primary or an election. |
Index Headings |
County Clerks - Electronic master list of registered voters, time of delivery to county clerks Elections and Voting - Electronic master list of registered voters, time of delivery to county clerks Secretary of State - Electronic master list of registered voters, time of delivery to county clerks State Agencies - Board of Elections, electronic master list of registered voters, time of delivery to county clerks |
Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Amend KRS 117.025 to require the State Board of Elections to provide to the county clerk of each county voter registration lists at least eighteen days prior to a primary or an election; amend KRS 117.379 to include e-poll book products within the State Board of Elections examination and certification of permissible voting products to be used for an election by means of statutory and administrative regulatory requirements; require approved e-poll book products to be used after May 11, 2023; add and amend KRS 117.115 to allow a county government the ability to select, in its discretion, an e-poll book that complies with the specifications and requirements of KRS Chapter 117. |
Index Headings |
County Clerks - E-poll book selection requirements County Clerks - Receipt of voter registration lists Elections and Voting - Delivery of voter registration lists to county clerks, change in time of delivery Elections and Voting - E-poll book certification and approval, requirements related Secretary of State - Delivery of voter registration lists to county clerks, change in time of delivery Secretary of State - E-poll book certification and approval, requirements related State Agencies - Board of Elections, e-poll book certification and approval, requirements related State Agencies - Board of Elections, voter registration lists provided to county clerks, change in time of delivery Counties - E-poll book selection requirements |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | A. Southworth |
Summary | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit election results from being certified by a county board of elections without an exact match of voter tallies and ballot cast tallies; amend KRS 117.001 to change the definition of risk-limiting audit. |
Index Headings |
County Clerks - Certification of election results, procedures related County Clerks - Risk-limiting audit, definition Elections and Voting - Certification of results, procedures related Elections and Voting - Risk-limiting audit, definition Secretary of State - Certification of election results, procedures related Secretary of State - Risk-limiting audit, definition State Agencies - Board of Elections, certification of results, procedures related State Agencies - Board of Elections, risk-limiting audit, definition |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 2 |
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Sponsor | A. Southworth |
Summary | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to require that a risk limiting audit be performed upon the closing of the polls in order for certification of the election; amend KRS 117.001 to change the definition of risk-limiting audit. |
Index Headings |
County Clerks - Certification of election results, procedures related County Clerks - Risk-limiting audit, definition Elections and Voting - Certification of results, procedures related Elections and Voting - Risk-limiting audit, definition Secretary of State - Certification of election results, procedures related Secretary of State - Risk-limiting audit, definition State Agencies - Board of Elections, certification of results, procedures related State Agencies - Board of Elections, risk-limiting audit, definition |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 3 |
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Sponsor | R. Mills |
Summary | Amend KRS 117.379 to require separate standards for an e-poll book product report and a voting system report. |
Index Headings |
Elections and Voting - E-poll book report and voting system report, standards related Secretary of State - E-poll book report and voting system report, standards related State Agencies - Board of Elections, e-poll book report, voting system report, standards related |
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