KRS 262.130: Commission to pay for and supervise conduct of referendum -- Equal

representation of opposing sides.

(1) The commission shall pay all expenses for the issuance of notices and the conduct

of the hearings and referendum provided for in KRS 262.110 and 262.120, and shall

supervise the conduct of the hearings and referendum. It shall issue appropriate

regulations governing the conduct of the hearings and referendum and providing for

the registration prior to the date of the referendum of all eligible voter s, or

prescribing some other appropriate procedure for the determination of the eligibility

of voters in the referendum.

(2) In all referendums under this chapter, provision shall be made for those opposing

the establishment of a district or the adoption of any regulation to have equal

representation with the proponents of the measure in the registration and

determination of eligibility of voters, in the election officers, in the holding of the

referendum, in the custody of the votes cast and in the canvas sing and certifying of

the returns.