KRS 116.085: Transfer of registration -- Change of residence -- Notification to voters

following redistricting -- Name change.

(1) When a voter changes his place of residence to another location within the county,

the clerk shall, upon application of the voter in person, by mail, or through the

Transportation Cabinet, transfer the voter's registration record to the proper

precinct.

(2) When a registered voter changes his place of residence from one (1) precinct to

another within the same county before the registration books are closed and fails to

transfer his registration with the county clerk prior to the date the registration books

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

the present election at the appropriate precinct for the current address upon

affirmation of his current address and signing the precinct list as set forth in KRS

117.225. Before being permitted to vote, the voter shall also confirm his identity as

required in KRS 117.227 and complete the affid avit which is required to be

completed by a voter whose right to vote has been challenged. The subscribed oaths

shall be delivered to the county clerk and investigated in accordance with KRS

117.245.

(3) When a registered voter changes his place of residen ce from one (1) precinct to

another precinct within the same county after the registration books close, the voter

shall be permitted to vote in the present election at the appropriate precinct for the

current address upon affirmation of his current address and signing the precinct list

as set forth in KRS 117.225. Before being permitted to vote, the voter shall confirm

his identity as required by KRS 117.227 and complete the affidavit which is

required to be completed by a voter whose right to vote is chall enged. The

subscribed oaths shall be delivered to the county clerk and investigated in

accordance with KRS 117.245.

(4) (a) When the boundaries of a precinct are changed by law, placing a registered

voter in a new or different precinct, the clerk shall aut omatically transfer the

voter's registration record to the proper precinct and mail the voter a notice of

the change.

(b) When the General Assembly enacts a new redistricting plan, the clerk shall

mail each voter a notice informing the voter of his or her current district

number, State Representative, and State Senator.

(5) A voter who has changed his name may indicate the change at the precinct on

election day by completing the form provided for this purpose by the State Board of

Elections. The form shall be returned by the precinct officer to the county clerk who

shall make the necessary change on the voter's registration record.