117.195 Delivery of equipment to clerks -- Arrangement in voting place -- Voting
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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.