KRS 117A.060: Application by covered voter -- Declaration -- Informing election official

that voter is covered.

(1) A covered voter who is registered to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky may

apply for a military -overseas ballot using either the regular absentee ballot

application in use in the voter's jurisdiction under KRS 117.085, or the federal

postcard application, or the application's electronic equivalent.

(2) A covered voter who is not registered to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

may use a federal postcard application, or the application's electronic equivalent, to

apply simultaneously to register to vote under KRS 117A.050, and for a military -

overseas ballot.

(3) The State Board of Elections shall ensure that the electronic transmission sys tem

described in KRS 117A.030(4) is capable of accepting the submission of both a

federal postcard application and any other approved electronic military -overseas

ballot application sent to the appropriate election official. The covered voter may

use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to apply for a

military-overseas ballot.

(4) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write -in absentee

ballot as an application for a military -overseas ballot simultaneously with the

submission of the federal write -in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received by

the appropriate election official by the close of business hours seven (7) days before

the election.

(5) To receive the benefits of this chapter, a covered voter shall inform the appropriate

election official that the voter is a covered voter. Methods of informing the

appropriate election official that a voter is a covered voter include:

(a) The use of a federal postcard application or federal write -in absentee ba llot;

and

(b) The use of the electronic transmission system established under KRS

117A.030(4).

(6) This chapter does not preclude a covered voter from voting using the regular

absentee ballot provisions under KRS 117.077, 117.085, and 117.086.