117.055 Division of county into precincts -- Georeferenced digital precinct
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boundary file -- Failure of board to perform duty -- Coordination of precinct
boundary changes with other boundaries. Subject to KRS 117.0551 to 117.0555:
(1)Each county shall be divided into election precincts by the county board of
elections. Each election precinct shall be composed of contiguous and, as nearly as
practicable, compact areas having clearly definable boundaries and wholly
contained within any larger district. The county board of elections shall establish
precincts so that no boundary of a precinct crosses the boundary of:
(a)The Commonwealth;
(b)A county or urban-county;
(c)A congressional district;
(d)A state senatorial district;
(e)A state representative district;
(f)A justice of the peace or county commissioner's district established under
KRS Chapter 67; or
(g)An aldermanic ward established under KRS 83.440;
(2)The county board of elections shall have the authority to draw precinct lines so as to
enable more than one
(1)precinct to vote at one
(1)location. The county board of
elections shall review election precinct boundaries as often as necessary. Without
exception, they shall review the boundaries of all election precincts exceeding
seven hundred
(700)votes cast in the last regular election prior to each primary
election, and the State Board of Elections may require a written report at least sixty
(60)days prior to the candidate filing deadline set forth in KRS 118.165(1) and
on each election precinct exceeding seven hundred
(700)votes cast in the last
regular election. Consideration to the division of said election precincts should be
based on the anticipated growth factor within the specified boundaries; however,
the county board of elections shall not be prohibited from dividing election
precincts in excess of seven hundred
(700)votes cast in the last regular election or
less than seven hundred
(700)votes cast in the last regular election if they elect to
do so. However, the State Board of Elections may, in its discretion, withhold from a
county the expenses of an election under KRS 117.345 for any precinct containing
more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) registered voters, excluding those
precincts utilizing optical scan voting equipment and those periods of time in which
the precinct boundaries have been frozen under KRS 117.056;
(3)No election precinct shall be created, divided, abolished, or consolidated or the
boundaries therein changed prior to any primary to comply with the provisions of
KRS 117.055 to 117.0555 and KRS 117.0557 later than the last date prescribed by
election law generally for filing notification and declaration forms with the county
clerk or Secretary of State. No election precinct shall be created, divided, abolished,
or consolidated or the boundaries therein changed prior to any regular election to
comply with the provisions of KRS 117.055 to 117.0555 and KRS 117.0557 later
than the last date prescribed by election law generally for filing certificates or
petitions of nomination with the county clerk or Secretary of State;
(4)The county board of elections shall designate the name or number and the
boundaries of the election precincts. Each precinct shall contain, as nearly as
practicable, an equal number of voters, based on the number of registered voters in
the county;
(5)A digital precinct boundary file in an ESRI ArcGIS Shapefile or file geodatabase
format, georeferenced to a Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System in accordance
with KRS 1.020, and a detailed description of the exact election precinct boundaries
shall be filed by the county board of elections with the State Board of Elections.
Any changes in boundaries thereafter made shall also be filed with the State Board
of Elections. A copy of a map created from the digital precinct boundary file
depicting all precinct boundaries within the county in relation to key geographically
identifiable visible features as described in KRS 117.0551(3) shall be included in
the election supplies of each precinct;
(6)The Commonwealth's digital precinct boundary data shall be stored and maintained
in the central statewide geographic information clearinghouse in accordance with
KRS 42.655(1);
(7)If the county board of elections fails to perform any of the duties required by KRS
117.055 to 117.0555 and KRS 117.0557:
(a)The State Board of Elections or any citizen and voter of the county may apply
to the Circuit Court of the county for a summary mandatory order requiring
the board to perform the duty. Appeals may be taken to the Court of Appeals
by either party; and
(b)The State Board of Elections shall not submit claims for payments to the
county under KRS 117.343 and 117.345 until the State Board of Elections
determines in writing that the duty has been performed; and
(8)The county board of elections shall coordinate all precinct boundary changes with
the affected school board, magisterial, and municipal boundaries.