Ky. Rev. Stat. § 116.114

Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225
Section 116.114 - Voter registration records cleanup annual report - Requirements - Report of registered voter by address - Online access to report and method for citizens to report anomalies
(1) The Secretary of State, in cooperation with the State Board of Elections, shall issue and present a comprehensive activity report regarding voter registration records cleanup activities on or before July 1 of each year to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the appropriate committee. The Secretary of State and the State Board of Elections shall also make the report available to the public on their respective official websites. The activity report shall include:
(a) Any activities to resolve reported anomalies per address, such as a high number of people living at a single-family home address, voters registered at a commercial location, or voters registered at an address that is a vacant lot;
(b) Any activities to resolve incidents of multiple people registered at the same address with the same age that have minor variations in the spelling of the name and the status of the resolution of those duplicates;
(c) The number of voter eligibility changes, which shall include relocation out of state, death, incarceration, expungement, and citizenship status changes; and
(d) Any use of a national voter registration clearinghouse system or interstate agreement to remove inaccurate or fraudulent registrations and the cost of those agreements. No agreement or contract shall be entered into after April 1, 2025, that obligates the state to make any expenditures or efforts to register unregistered persons, but agreements for the sole purpose of exchanging data to remove ineligible voters are expressly permitted.
(2)
(a) The State Board of Elections shall create a data-based report on or before July 1 of each year, containing every address in each county that lists a registered voter and the number of active and inactive voters registered at that address. Any personal identifying information shall be redacted, and any persons residing at those addresses shall not be contacted about their registration except by mail.
(b) Citizens of each county shall have in-person access to the report at the county clerk's office, as well as online access via the Secretary of State's and State Board of Elections' official websites. Any discrepancies may be reported via the publicly available link on the Secretary of State's and State Board of Elections' official websites.
(c) The Secretary of State and State Board of Elections shall provide a publicly available link on their respective official websites for citizens to report anomalies or discrepancies, and also a secure electronic form to allow a voter currently on the registered voter rolls erroneously to voluntarily cancel his or her voter registration in Kentucky.

KRS 116.114

Added by 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 177,§ 2, eff. 7/15/2024.