KRS 117.025: Executive director and assistant director -- Staff -- Powers and duties.

(1) The State Board of Elections shall appoint an executive director, who shall be the

chief administrative officer for the board. The board shall also appoint an assist ant

director, who shall be of a different political party than the director. The salaries of

the director and the assistant director shall be set by the board.

(2) The State Board of Elections shall employ, on a bipartisan basis, a staff sufficient to

carry out the duties assigned to the board, including legal counsel and a training

officer to provide assistance to the county clerks and the county boards of elections

in their training of precinct election officers.

(3) The board shall:

(a) Maintain a complete roster of all qualified registered voters within the state by

county and precinct, and institute appropriate safeguards to ensure that there is

no inappropriate use of the voter registration roster. State and local election

officials, including the Secr etary of State, employees of the Secretary, and

members of the State Board of Elections and their staff, shall only use the

voter registration roster for purposes relevant to their prescribed duties of

election administration. The Secretary of State, and t wo (2) employees of the

Secretary, who may be designated by the Secretary with explicit written

authority and notification to the board, shall have electronic access to the

information contained within the voter registration roster, but shall not

correct, alter, or delete information from the voter registration roster, unless

having obtained prior approval by a majority of the voting members of the

board;

(b) For each primary, furnish each county clerk with a master list of all registered

voters in the coun ty, together with three (3) signature rosters of all registered

voters in each precinct of the county according to party affiliation, and two (2)

lists of all registered voters in each precinct of the county at least eighteen (18)

days prior to each primary;

(c) For each regular election, furnish each county clerk with a master list of all

registered voters in the county, together with one (1) signature roster of all

registered voters in each precinct of the county on which each voter's party

affiliation is identified, and two (2) lists of all registered voters in each

precinct of the county at least eighteen (18) days prior to each regular election;

(d) Select the required format for any voter registration list provided to a county

clerk including those intended for use in an e-poll book product;

(e) Maintain all information furnished to the board relating to the inclusion or

deletion of names from the rosters for four (4) years;

(f) Furnish, at a reasonable price, the state central executive committee of ea ch

political party qualifying under KRS 118.015 monthly data of all additions,

deletions and changes of registration in each precinct of each county and the

state central executive committee shall furnish a county listing to each of the

county executive committees of each political party;

(g) Purchase, lease or contract for the use of equipment necessary to properly

carry out its duties under the provisions of this chapter and KRS Chapters 116

and 118;

(h) Secure information from any source which may assist the board in carrying

out the purposes of this section;

(i) Furnish at a reasonable price any and all precinct lists to duly qualified

candidates, political party committees or officials thereof, or any committee

that advocates or opposes an amendment or public question. The State Board

of Elections may also furnish the precinct lists to other persons at the board's

discretion, at a reasonable price to be determined by the board. The board

shall not furnish precinct lists to persons who intend to use the l ists for

commercial use; and

(j) Be responsible for oversight of board personnel, including hiring,

investigations, disciplinary actions, promotions, and other like actions subject

to KRS Chapter 18A.