{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-116.0452","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 116.0452","heading":"Standards for timely receipt of voter registration application -- Removal","body":"of names from registration books -- Confidentiality of registration location.\n(1) For the purpose of determining whether a voter registration application is received\nduring the period in which registration books are open under KRS 116.045(2), an\napplication shall be deemed timely received:\n(a) In the case of registration with a motor vehicle driver's license application, if\nthe valid voter registration form of the app licant is accepted by the\nTransportation Cabinet before the registration books are closed;\n(b) In the case of registration by mail, if the valid voter registration form of the\napplicant is legibly postmarked before the registration books are closed;\n(c) In the case of registration with a voter registration agency, if the valid voter\nregistration form of the applicant is accepted at the voter registration agency\nbefore the registration books are closed; and\n(d) In any other case, if the valid voter registrat ion form of the applicant is\nreceived by the appropriate county clerk, no later than 4 p.m. local time,\nbefore the registration books are closed.\n(2) The county clerk shall send notice to each applicant of the disposition of the\napplication.\n(3) The name o f a registered voter shall not be removed from the registration books\nexcept:\n(a) Upon request of the voter;\n(b) As provided by KRS 116.113, upon notice of death, declaration of\nincompetency, excusal from jury duty for not being a United States citizen, or\nconviction of a felony; or\n(c) Upon failure to respond to a confirmation mailing sent pursuant to KRS\n116.112(3) and failure to vote or appear to vote and, if necessary, correct the\nregistration record of the voter's address in an election during the peri od\nbeginning on the date of the notice and ending on the day after the date of the\nsecond general election for Federal office that occurs after the date of the\nnotice.\n(4) The identity of the voter registration agency or Transportation Cabinet office\nthrough which any particular voter is registered shall not be disclosed to the public.","path":["KRS Chapter 116"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=55502","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:11Z","sha256":"9b9a0dad8a0885df594392a6f8bcd3e251814625af226a2c729415f8e6dbfd20","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-116.045","next":"us-ky/krs-116.0455"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}