119.165 Penalties for falsely personating a voter or voting by nonresident or
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unqualified person or convicted felon.
(1)Any person who falsely personates a registered voter, and receives and casts a
ballot by means of such personation, shall be guilty of a Class D felony. An attempt
at such personation shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor.
(2)Any person who, by means other than falsely personating a registered voter, votes
at an election in this state when he is a resident of another state or country, or votes
more than once at an election, or votes by use of the naturalization papers of
another person, shall be guilty of a Class D felony. Any person who knowingly
votes or attempts to vote in a precinct other than the one in which he resides shall
be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless by voting in a precinct in which he does
not live he is enabled to vote in a race or on a matter in which he could not vote in
his proper precinct in which case he shall be guilty of a Class D felony. Any person
who lends or hires his or another's naturalization papers to be used for the purpose
of voting shall be subject to the same penalty.
(3)Any person who has been convicted of a felony offense and has not previously been
restored to their voting rights who then knowingly votes or attempts to vote shall be
guilty of a Class D felony.
(4)Any resident of this state who, by means other than falsely personating a registered
voter, votes at a regular or special election before he has resided in this state thirty
(30)days, or in the county and precinct where the election is held the time required
by law, or before he has attained full age, or before he has become a citizen, shall
be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(5)Any person who, by means other than falsely personating a registered voter, votes
in a primary election knowing that he is not qualified as provided in KRS 116.055,
shall be guilty of a violation.
(6)Any person who applies for or receives a ballot at any voting place other than the
one at which he is entitled to vote, under circumstances not constituting a violation
of any of the provisions of subsections
(1)to
(3)of this section, shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.