KRS 117.205: Examination by election officers -- Correction of defects -- Reserve voting

equipment.

Before the polls are open, and before permitting any person to vote on the day of the

election, the election officers shall examine the voting equipment to ascertain whether it

has been operated since the counters referred to in KRS 117.125(1)(q) and (r) were set at

zero, and to ascertain whether the ballots are arranged as previously specified. If the

voting equipment indicates that it has been operated or if the ballots are not properly

arranged, the officers shall not unlock the operating device or mechanism, but shall

immediately secure the attendance of the county clerk and one (1) member of the county

board of elections other than the county clerk, who shall reset the counters at zero and

relock the device covering the counters, or properly arrange the ballots, as the case may

be, in the presence of the election officers. If the attendance of members of the board of

elections cannot be obtained before th e opening of the polls or within one (1) hour

thereafter, the election officers shall notify the county clerk of the foregoing facts and

obtain from the county clerk reserve voting equipment, and proceed to conduct the

election. Any reserve voting equipment shall have been certified for use at the election by

the county board of elections and prepared for use at the election by the election officers

in the precinct in the same manner as the original voting equipment was prepared for the

election. The voting equipment found to have been so operated shall be returned

immediately to the custody of the county clerk, whose duty it shall be to promptly repair

same so that it may be used as reserve voting equipment in the election if needed.