117.025 Executive director and assistant director -- Staff -- Powers and duties.
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(1)The State Board of Elections shall appoint an executive director, who shall be the
chief administrative officer for the board. The board shall also appoint an assistant
director, who shall be of a different political party than the director. The salaries of
the director and the assistant director shall be set by the board.
(2)The State Board of Elections shall employ, on a bipartisan basis, a staff sufficient to
carry out the duties assigned to the board, including legal counsel and a training
officer to provide assistance to the county clerks and the county boards of elections
in their training of precinct election officers.
(3)The board shall:
(a)Maintain a complete roster of all qualified registered voters within the state by
county and precinct, and institute appropriate safeguards to ensure that there is
no inappropriate use of the voter registration roster. State and local election
officials, including the Secretary of State, employees of the Secretary, and
members of the State Board of Elections and their staff, shall only use the
voter registration roster for purposes relevant to their prescribed duties of
election administration. The Secretary of State, and two
(2)employees of the
Secretary, who may be designated by the Secretary with explicit written
authority and notification to the board, shall have electronic access to the
information contained within the voter registration roster, but shall not
correct, alter, or delete information from the voter registration roster, unless
having obtained prior approval by a majority of the voting members of the
board;
(b)For each primary, furnish each county clerk with a master list of all registered
voters in the county, together with three
(3)signature rosters of all registered
voters in each precinct of the county according to party affiliation, and two
lists of all registered voters in each precinct of the county at least eighteen
days prior to each primary;
(c)For each regular election, furnish each county clerk with a master list of all
registered voters in the county, together with one
(1)signature roster of all
registered voters in each precinct of the county on which each voter's party
affiliation is identified, and two
(2)lists of all registered voters in each
precinct of the county at least eighteen
(18)days prior to each regular election;
(d)Select the required format for any voter registration list provided to a county
clerk including those intended for use in an e-poll book product;
(e)Maintain all information furnished to the board relating to the inclusion or
deletion of names from the rosters for four
(4)years;
(f)Furnish, at a reasonable price, the state central executive committee of each
political party qualifying under KRS 118.015 monthly data of all additions,
deletions and changes of registration in each precinct of each county and the
state central executive committee shall furnish a county listing to each of the
county executive committees of each political party;
(g)Purchase, lease or contract for the use of equipment necessary to properly
carry out its duties under the provisions of this chapter and KRS Chapters 116
and 118;
(h)Secure information from any source which may assist the board in carrying
out the purposes of this section;
(i)Furnish at a reasonable price any and all precinct lists to duly qualified
candidates, political party committees or officials thereof, or any committee
that advocates or opposes an amendment or public question. The State Board
of Elections may also furnish the precinct lists to other persons at the board's
discretion, at a reasonable price to be determined by the board. The board
shall not furnish precinct lists to persons who intend to use the lists for
commercial use; and
(j)Be responsible for oversight of board personnel, including hiring,
investigations, disciplinary actions, promotions, and other like actions subject
to KRS Chapter 18A.