Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
117.085,
117.086,
117.235,
117.255,
117.275,
117.355,
118.425,
119.307
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
117.015(1)(a) authorizes the
State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to
implement the provisions of KRS Chapter 117.
KRS
117.355(4) requires the
State Board of Elections to prescribe the forms for the precinct election
sheriff and the county board of elections to report election irregularities and
recommendations for improving the election process, to report special ballot
and voter assistance usage statistics, and to report other information required
by the state board.
KRS
117.086(8) requires the
State Board of Elections to prescribe a form on which the county board of
elections shall report the number of rejected absentee ballots and the reasons
for rejection of those ballots.
KRS
118.425(4) requires the
State Board of Elections to prescribe a form by which the county board of
elections shall make out duplicate certificates of the total number of votes
received by each of the candidates for office and the total number of votes for
an against each of the ballot questions. This administrative regulation
establishes the procedure and forms for the county clerk, the county board of
elections, and the precinct election sheriff to report election and voting data
after the election.
Section 1. The
following reporting forms shall be filed in accordance with the referenced
statutes:
(1) Pursuant to
KRS
117.355(1), the precinct
election sheriff shall file the Precinct Election Sheriff's Postelection
Report, SBE 53, with the chair of the county board of elections and the local
grand jury;
(2) Pursuant to
KRS
117.355(2), the county board
of election shall file the County Board of Elections Postelection Report, SBE
54, with the State Board of Elections and the local grand jury;
(3) Pursuant to
KRS
117.275(4) and
117.355(3),
the county board of elections shall file the County Board of Elections
Postelection Statistical Report, SBE 54A, with the State Board of
Elections;
(4) Pursuant to
KRS
117.355(2), the county board
of elections shall file the County Board of Elections Precinct Election
Officials Absence Report, SBE 54B, with the State Board of Elections;
(5) Pursuant to 117.086(7), the county clerk
shall file the List of Voters Issued Absentee Ballots, SBE 33A, with the State
Board of Elections;
(6) Pursuant to
KRS
117.086(8), the county board
of elections shall file the Number of Rejected Absentee Ballots and Reasons for
Rejected Ballots, SBE 33B; and
(7)
Pursuant to
KRS
117.086(7) and
118.425(4),
the county clerk shall file the Certification Official Count and Record of
Election Totals, SBE 49, with the Secretary of State.
Section 2. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) The following material is incorporated by
reference:
(a) "Precinct Election Sheriff's
Postelection Report", SBE 53, April 2000;
(b) "Precinct Election Sheriff's Postelection
Report", SBE 53, February 2010;
(c)
"County Board of Elections Postelection Report", SBE 54, September
2002;
(d) "County Board of
Elections Postelection Report", SBE 54, February 2010;
(e) "County Board of Elections Postelection
Statistical Report", SBE 54A, December 2005;
(f) "County Board of Elections Precinct
Election Officials Absence Report", SBE 54B, September 2002;
(g) "List of Voters Issued Absentee Ballots",
SBE 33A, November 2009;
(h) "Number
of Rejected Absentee Ballots and Reasons for Rejected Ballots", SBE 33B,
September 2002; and
(i)
"Certification Official Count and Record of Election Totals", SBE 49, November
2003.
(2) This material
may be inspected, copied, or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at
the State Board of Elections, 140 Walnut Street, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601,
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
117.015(1)(a),
117.086(8),
117.355(4),
118.425(4)
