EAIElectoral Access Index

KRS 117.015 codifies that 'there shall be a State Board of Elections that is an independent agency of state government' administering the election laws, with a defined balanced membership. KRS 117.035 codifies the county board of elections (county clerk, sheriff, and two appointed members representing both parties), and KRS 117.025 requires the board's executive director and assistant director to be of different political parties. Statutory grounding of an independent, party-balanced election administration codified.

“There shall be a State Board of Elections that is an independent agency of state government”

KRS 116.055 requires a primary voter to 'possess all the qualifications required of voters in a regular election,' and KRS 116.025 grounds those qualifications in 'Section 145 of the Constitution' of Kentucky (age, citizenship, residency). Voter qualifications are thus grounded in the state constitution, but the constitutional provision itself was not surfaced for this datapoint.

KRS 116.113 codifies the disqualification framework: the State Board of Elections must remove a voter's name on notice of death, a declaration of mental incompetency, excusal from jury duty for non-citizenship, conviction of a felony, or out-of-state registration. KRS 116.025 grounds eligibility (and its felony/incompetency exclusions) in Section 145 of the Kentucky Constitution, and KRS 119.165 criminalizes voting by a convicted felon. Criteria codified; restoration of felon voting rights is by gubernatorial executive action rather than a detailed statutory procedure (2/3).

KRS 119.277 codifies that a person convicted of a felony election offense may not hold elective office 'until his civil rights have been restored by executive pardon,' and KRS 117.316 references 'a convicted felon who has not had his civil rights restored.' Restoration of voting rights is recognized in statute but effected by gubernatorial executive action; no detailed statutory restoration procedure with deadlines is codified.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

KRS 117.228 and KRS 117.076 require a voter to provide 'proof of identification as defined in KRS 117.001.' KRS 117.001(18) exhaustively enumerates the acceptable forms of proof of identification (a US- or Kentucky-issued photo document, a US Department of Defense / uniformed-services photo document, a college/university photo document, or a city/county-government photo document). The acceptable IDs are fixed by statute, though the enumerating definitions section was not surfaced for this datapoint.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: KRS 121.015 (campaign-finance definitions) is unrelated. No free state-issued voter-ID guarantee was surfaced for this datapoint within the surfaced candidates.

KRS 117.225 codifies the at-polls procedure where identification or eligibility is in question — signature comparison against the original registration form and, where applicable, voting a supplemental paper ballot. The full no-ID cure is codified by cross-reference: KRS 117.228 lets a voter unable to provide proof of identification cast a ballot on executing an affidavit, and KRS 117.229 codifies a federal provisional ballot. The cure is codified but distributed across cross-referenced sections.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: KRS 117.086 governs return of absentee ballots and a report on rejected absentee ballots, but no appeal procedure for a rejected identification (or an ID-based ballot rejection) was surfaced.

KRS 116.025 frames voter eligibility by reference to 'the day preceding the closing of the registration books.' The registration deadline itself — the registration books close from the fourth Tuesday preceding through the first Monday following an election (28 days before) — is codified in KRS 116.045(2); that deadline section was not surfaced for this datapoint.

KRS 116.0455 codifies motor-voter registration — every driver's-license application serves as a voter-registration application unless declined — and KRS 116.085 codifies registration/transfer in person, by mail, or through the Transportation Cabinet. Agency registration is codified in KRS 116.048 (NVRA agencies). The registration methods are codified, though distributed across Chapter 116 rather than in a single enumeration.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: KRS 116.0452 codifies standards for the timely receipt of a voter-registration application, but no cure procedure for an application rejected as incomplete was surfaced.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: The surfaced candidates concern challenges to voters and ballots (KRS 117.315, 117.087) and registration transfers (KRS 116.085), not a voter's right to challenge a rejected or removed registration.

KRS 116.113 codifies the roll-maintenance criteria: the State Board of Elections removes a voter's name on notice of death, a declaration of incompetency, excusal from jury duty for non-citizenship, conviction of a felony, or out-of-state registration. KRS 116.112 codifies a voter-registration purge program with an inactive-voter list using USPS change-of-address data, and KRS 116.114 codifies an annual records-cleanup report. Comprehensive statutory roll-maintenance criteria codified.

KRS 116.112 codifies a voter-registration purge program with an 'inactive voter list' built from USPS change-of-address data — the NVRA notice-and-waiting-period framework under which a voter is moved to the inactive list (rather than removed outright) and removed only after the statutory inactive period. KRS 116.114 adds an online report and a citizen anomaly-reporting method. A notice-and-cure framework is codified through the inactive-list mechanism.

KRS 116.095 codifies confidentiality of voter-registration data: a county clerk who permits inspection of registration records must redact Social Security numbers, and KRS 116.155 governs the registration form's contents. Confidentiality of sensitive registration data is codified, but no encryption mandate or data-breach-notification regime is codified.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

KRS 117.255 codifies the right to assistance in voting and the rules on who may assist: voters certified as requiring assistance may receive it, others on request, with the assister and voter completing a voter-assistance form. KRS 117.0863 codifies the parallel assistance procedure for absentee voting. The assistance right and the eligibility/procedure rules are codified.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

KRS 118.035 codifies statutory polling-place hours: 'the polls shall be opened on the day of a primary, special election, or regular election at 6 a.m., prevailing time, and shall remain open until each voter who is waiting in line at the polls at 6 p.m., prevailing time, has voted.' Polling hours are fixed by statute, not local discretion.

“The polls shall be opened on the day of a primary, special election, or regular election at 6 a.m., prevailing time”

KRS 117.085 codifies the mail-in absentee voting procedure: all requests are made through a secure online portal established by the State Board of Elections, with defined application, cancellation, and administrative-regulation provisions. KRS 117.086 codifies ballot return (by mail, hand delivery, or secure drop box), KRS 117.087 codifies challenge, processing, review, and counting, and KRS 117.0863 codifies assisted absentee voting. Comprehensive mail-in voting procedure codified.

Kentucky codifies a comprehensive absentee framework: KRS 117.076 codifies excused in-person absentee voting with an enumerated list of excuse categories, KRS 117.085 codifies mail-in absentee voting, and KRS 117.077 codifies an absentee ballot for medical emergencies arising within 14 days of an election. Eligibility, application, return, and treatment are all codified.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

KRS 117.086 codifies the use of secure drop boxes: a voter may return a mail-in absentee ballot 'to a secure drop-box or receptacle,' and the section ('Return of absentee ballot -- Secure drop-boxes and receptacles -- Locked ballot box') codifies the locked ballot box and the clerk's duty to keep separate lists of ballots returned by each method. Drop-box return is codified — notable as part of Kentucky's 2021 bipartisan election law.

KRS 117.229 codifies the provisional-ballot right and procedure: in an election for federal office, a voter who is unable to provide proof of identification and does not meet the KRS 117.228 affidavit requirements 'may cast a provisional ballot' for the federal offices. KRS 117.228 codifies the parallel affidavit procedure for non-federal ballots. The provisional-ballot right is codified.