{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-116.112","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 116.112","heading":"Voter registration purge program -- Inactive voter list.","body":"(1) The State Board of Elections shall establish a voter registration purge program\nusing the change -of-address information supplied by the United States Postal\nService through its lice nsees or other sources to identify voters whose addresses\nmay have changed. The State Board of Elections is authorized to enter into\nagreements with other governmental agencies to further voter list maintenance\npractices. Intergovernmental agreements for t he exchanging of any data shall be\npermitted if the purpose of exchanging data is to remove ineligible voters. The data\nshall not be subject to any commercial use, directly or indirectly, or third -party\naccess to the voter registration system.\n(2) (a) If it appears from information provided by the postal service or other sources\nthat a voter has moved to a different address in the same county in which the\nvoter is currently registered, the State Board of Elections shall provide to the\ncounty board of elections the information necessary to change the registration\nrecords to show the new address and the State Board of Elections shall send to\nthe new address a notice of the change by forwardable mail on a form\nprescribed by the State Board of Elections and a po stage prepaid, pre -\naddressed return form by which the voter may verify or correct the address\ninformation.\n(b) If the county board of elections requests authorization from the State Board of\nElections to send address confirmation notices as provided in thi s subsection,\nthe State Board of Elections shall grant the request.\n(3) (a) If it appears from information provided by the postal service or other sources\nthat a voter has moved to a different address not in the same county, the State\nBoard of Elections sh all send to the address from which the voter was last\nregistered, by forwardable mail, a notice on a form prescribed by the State\nBoard of Elections, with a postage prepaid and pre -addressed return card on\nwhich the voter may state his or her current address.\n(b) If a county board of elections requests authorization from the state board to\nsend address confirmation notices as provided in this subsection, the state\nboard shall grant the request.\n(4) The state or county boards of elections shall not remove th e name of a voter from\nthe registration records on the ground that the voter has changed his or her\nresidence unless the voter:\n(a) Confirms in writing, or on a form provided by the State Board of Elections on\nits official website, that the voter has chang ed residence to a place outside the\ncounty; or\n(b) 1. Has failed to respond to the notice described in subsection (3) of this\nsection; and\n2. Has not voted or appeared to vote and, if necessary, correct the\nregistration records of the voter's address in an election during the\nperiod beginning on the date of the notice and ending on the day after\nthe date of the second general election for federal office that occurs after\nthe date of the notice.\nIf a county board of elections requests authorization from the state board to conduct\npurges of voters in its county in accordance with the provisions of this subsection,\nthe state board shall grant the request.\n(5) The State Board of Elections shall establish an inactive list of all voters who fail to\nrespond to the notice described in subsection (3) of this section and do not vote or\nappear to vote in an election during the period beginning on the date o f the notice\nand ending on the day after the date of the second general election for federal office\nthat occurs after the date of the notice. If a county board of elections requests\nauthorization from the state board to establish an inactive list of voters  for its\ncounty, the state board shall grant the request.\n(6) The State Board of Elections shall complete, not later than ninety (90) days prior to\nthe date of a primary or regular election, any program the purpose of which is to\nsystematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the registration records.\n(7) Voters placed on an inactive list are to be counted only for purposes of voting and\nnot for purposes of establishing or modifying precincts, calculating the amount of\nreimbursement of county clerks by the State Board of Elections for certain election -\nrelated expenses, or reporting official statistics, except as provided by the Election\nAssistance Commission's regulations promulgated pursuant to the National Voter\nRegistration Act of 1993.\n(8) (a) The State Board of Elections and county boards of elections shall maintain for\nat least two (2) years and shall make available for public inspection and,\nwhere available, photocopying at a reasonable cost, all records concerning the\nimplementation of prog rams and activities conducted for the purpose of\nensuring the accuracy and currency of the registration records, except to the\nextent that the records relate to the declination to register to vote or the\nidentity of a voter registration agency through whic h any particular voter is\nregistered.\n(b) The records maintained pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection shall\ninclude lists of the names and addresses of all persons to whom notices\ndescribed in subsection (3) are sent, and information concerning whe ther each\nperson has responded to the notice as of the date that inspection of the records\nis made.","path":["KRS Chapter 116"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56990","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:11Z","sha256":"d7513691dc19ec2cad68efcdf0dd2c5e3b3b85eb1aa66ec66c7b69cef79cb099","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-116.110","next":"us-ky/krs-116.113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}