Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 31 - STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
Chapter 4 - Forms and Procedures
Section 31 KAR 4:196E - Consolidation of precincts and precinct election officers

Universal Citation: 31 KY Admin Regs Service 31 KAR 4:196E

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024

RELATES TO: KRS 117.066

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 117.015(1)(a) authorizes the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to properly carry out its duties. KRS 117.066(3) requires the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations to provide for a form on which a county board of elections may petition the State Board of Elections to allow for the consolidation of precincts and the consolidation of precinct election officers at any voting location where voters of more than one (1) precinct vote. This administrative regulation establishes that form.

Section 1. A county board of elections shall petition the State Board of Elections to allow the consolidation of precincts and the consolidation of precinct election officers at any voting location where voters of more than one (1) precinct vote, by filing with the State Board of Elections, the Petition to Consolidate Precincts and Precinct Election Officers, Form SBE 74 no later than ninety (90) days before a primary or general election, or ten (10) days after a proclamation is issued under KRS 118.710 or 118.720, or a writ of election is issued under KRS 118.730. The State Board of Elections may request, at any time, from any county, a resubmission of a timely filed petition to consolidate precincts and precinct election officers if the petition is found to be deficient or incomplete upon review by the State Board of Elections.

Section 2. The submission of Form SBE 74 shall be accompanied by no less than one (1) map scalable to a sheet of 8.5 in. x 11 in. paper of the county showing the location of any consolidated precincts comprising a county-wide vote center.

Section 3. Incorporated by Reference.

(1) "Petition to Consolidate Precincts and Precinct Election Officers", Form SBE 74, 08/2023, is incorporated by reference.

(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 Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

(3) This material may also be obtained on the board's Web site at https://elect.ky.gov.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 117.015(1)(a)

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