KRS § 116.025 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 116 / Section 116.025
116.025 Eligibility to vote
Status: in_force

116.025 Eligibility to vote.

(1) Every person who is a citizen of the United States, a resident of this state, and

a resident of the precinct in which he or she offers to vote on or before the day

preceding the closing of the registration books for any primary, general, or

special election, who possesses on the day of any election the qualifications

set forth in Section 145 of the Constitution, exclusive of the durational

residency requirements, who is not disqualified under that section or under any

other statute, and who is registered as provided in this chapter, may vote for all

officers to be elected by the people and on all public questions submitted for

determination at that election, in the precinct in which he or she is qualified to

vote. Any person who shall have been convicted of any election law offense

which is a felony shall not be permitted to vote until his or her civil rights have

been restored by executive pardon.

(2) Any person charged with or indicted for a crime, whether or not in custody for

same, who has not yet been convicted of the offense and who is not otherwise

ineligible to vote, may vote for all offices to be elected by the people and on all

public questions submitted for determination at that election, in the precinct in

which he or she is qualified to vote.

(3) A registered voter who changes his or her place of residence from one (1)

precinct to another within the same county while the registration books are

closed shall be permitted to update the voting records and to vote in the

present election at the appropriate precinct for the current address as set forth

in KRS 116.085(3).

(4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any registered voter who

changes his or her place of residence from one (1) precinct to another within

the same county prior to the closing of the registration books and who fails to

transfer his or her registration with the county clerk prior to the date the

registration books are closed shall be permitted to vote in the present election

at the appropriate precinct for the current address as set forth in KRS

116.085(2).

(5) Any registered voter who changes his or her place of residence to a different

county while the registration books are closed shall be permitted to vote at the

appropriate precinct for his or her former residence in the present election and

shall thereafter transfer his or her voter registration.

(6) Any registered voter who changes his or her place of residence to a different

county and fails to register to vote in the county of current residence prior to the

date the registration books are closed shall not be eligible to vote in the present

election in the county of current residence or the county of former residence.

(7) Any registered voter who changes his or her place of registration to a different

state while the registration books are closed in the new state of residence

before a presidential election shall be permitted to cast an absentee ballot for

President and Vice President only, notwithstanding subsection (1) of this

section, by mail or at the county clerk's office of the former residence or other

place designated by the county board of elections and approved by the State

Board of Elections.