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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 119.175: Receipt of illegal vote or rejection of legal vote by election officer.

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  1. KRS Chapter 119

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any officer of election who

receives, assents to receive or records a vote at an election at a time or place known

by him not to be the time and place lawfully appointed, or who knowingly receives

the vote of any person other than a qualified voter, or refuses to receive the vote of a

qualified voter, shall, for each offense, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor

more than five hundred dollars ($500), and shall forfeit any office he holds and b e

disqualified from ever holding any office.

(2) Any judge of a primary election who knowingly receives a vote of an elector who is

not qualified to vote in the primary election under KRS 116.055 shall be fined one

hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.

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