117A.030 Powers and duties of State Board of Elections.

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(1)The State Board of Elections is responsible for implementing this chapter and

the Commonwealth of Kentucky's responsibilities under the Registration and

Voting by Absent Uniformed Services Voters and Overseas Voters in Elections

for Federal Office Act, 52 U.S.C. secs. 20301 to 20311.

(2)The State Board of Elections shall have the authority to promulgate

administrative regulations necessary to implement this chapter.

(3)The State Board of Elections shall make available to covered voters

information regarding voter registration procedures for covered voters and

procedures for casting military-overseas ballots.

(4)The State Board of Elections shall establish an electronic transmission system

through which a covered voter may apply for and receive voter registration

materials, military-overseas ballots, and other information authorized under this

chapter.

(5)The State Board of Elections shall:

(a)Develop standardized absentee-voting materials, including privacy and

transmission envelopes and their electronic equivalents, authentication

materials, and voting instructions, to be used with the military-overseas

ballot of a voter authorized to vote in any jurisdiction in the

Commonwealth of Kentucky; and

(b)To the extent reasonably possible, coordinate with other states to carry

out this section.

(6)The State Board of Elections shall prescribe the form and content of a

declaration for use by a covered voter to swear or affirm specific

representations pertaining to the voter's identity, eligibility to vote, status as a

covered voter, and timely and proper completion of a military-overseas ballot.

The declaration shall be based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a

federal write-in absentee ballot, as modified to be consistent with this chapter.

The State Board of Elections shall ensure that a form for the execution of the

declaration, including an indication of the date of execution of the declaration,

is a prominent part of all balloting materials for which the declaration is

required.