KRS 14.312: Program participants to vote by mail -in absentee ballot -- Modification of

county clerk's system to safeguard confidentiality of participant's voting

records -- No waiver or modification of legal qualifications to vote.

(1) A program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may register to vote and

apply for and submit a mail-in absentee ballot under this section.

(2) Using the authority granted under KRS 14.318(1), the State Board of Elections shall

design a system allowing a county clerk to sh ield from public view all voting

records of a program participant, including the name and address of a program

participant, and allowing a program participant to vote by mail -in absentee ballot.

This authority may be used to modify statutory or regulatory requirements that

would lead to disclosure of the program participant's name and address, but shall

not include authority to waive or modify any other requirements relative to the

program participant's qualifications to vote, including age and geographic residency.

(3) The program participant may receive mail-in absentee ballots for all elections in the

jurisdiction in which that individual resides in the same manner as a person

requesting an absentee ballot under KRS 117.085(1)(a). The county clerk shall

transmit a mail -in absentee ballot to the program participant at the address

designated by the participant in his or her application.

(4) Neither the name nor the address of a program participant shall be included in any

list of registered voters available to the public, including any list inspected under

KRS 116.095.