{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-117.035","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 117.035","heading":"County board of elections -- Membership -- Appointed members --","body":"Meetings -- Questions regarding voter registration and proof of identification -\n- Staff.\n(1) There shall be a county board of elections, which shall, at the direction and under\nthe supervision of the State Board of Elections, administer the election laws and the\nregistration and purgation of voters within the county.\n(2) (a) The board shall consist of the county clerk, the sheriff, and two (2) members\nappointed by the State Board of Elections under paragraph (d) of this\nsubsection. Appointed board members shall serve for a term of four (4) years\nthat expires on June 30 of the year following a presidential election and until\ntheir successors are appointed.\n(b) The sheriff shall not serve on the board during any year in which he or she is a\ncandidate, but shall recommend to the board a temporary replacement to serve\nin his or her place. If the sheriff cannot serve because he or she is sick,\ninjured, or otherwise incapacitated, he or s he may recommend a temporary\nreplacement to serve in his or her place until the sheriff may resume his or her\nduties or a vacancy in office is declared.\n(c) The county clerk may, at his or her option, continue to serve on the board\nduring a year in which he or she is a candidate. If the clerk elects not to serve,\nhe or she shall recommend a temporary replacement to serve in his or her\nplace. If the county clerk cannot serve because he or she is sick, injured, or\notherwise incapacitated, he or she may recomm end a temporary replacement\nto serve in his or her place until the county clerk may resume his or her duties\nor a vacancy in office is declared.\n(d) 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 61.080, service on the board of\nelections shall be compatible with  the holding of any other county or\ncity office.\n2. The members shall be at least twenty -one (21) years of age, qualified\nvoters in the county from which they are appointed, and shall not have\nbeen convicted of any election law offense.\n3. One (1) member shall be appointed from a list of five (5) names\nsubmitted by the county executive committee of each political party as\ndefined in KRS 118.015. If there are two (2) or more contending\nexecutive committees of the same political party in any c ounty, the one\nrecognized by the written certificate of the chair of the state central\ncommittee of the political party shall be the one authorized to submit the\nlists.\n4. If the State Board of Elections does not receive the list as required by\nsubparagraph 3. of this paragraph for each political party for each\ncounty by the deadline established in paragraph (a) of this subsection or\nwithin one (1) month of a vacancy, then the chair of the state central\ncommittees for the political parties may submit lists of five (5) names of\nqualified residents from the remaining counties by August 1 of the year\nin which the term expires or within two (2) months of a vacancy.\n5. If the State Board of Elections does not receive a list from either the\ncounty executive commit tee under subparagraph 3. of this paragraph or\nthe chair of the state executive committee under subparagraph 4. of this\nparagraph, then the State Board of Elections shall appoint a qualified\nresident from the county at its next regularly scheduled meeting in\nSeptember of the year in which the term expires or within three (3)\nmonths of a vacancy.\n6. A member appointed by the State Board of Elections may be removed\nby the State Board of Elections for just cause.\n7. A member appointed by the State Board of Ele ctions may be removed\nby the State Board of Elections upon a request approved by a two -thirds\n(2/3) vote of the full membership of the county executive committee that\nsubmitted the member's name. The county executive committee shall\nprovide conclusive evid ence of the committee's membership and\nevidence of the committee's two-thirds (2/3) vote before the State Board\nof Elections removes any member appointed by the State Board of\nElections.\n8. If an appointee is temporarily unable to act, a temporary appointe e shall\nbe named by the State Board of Elections. A temporary appointee shall\nserve until the original appointee notifies the State Board of Elections\nthat he or she is able to resume his or her term.\n9. A member appointed by the State Board of Elections s hall not serve on\nthe board if he or she is a candidate for public office, and the member\nshall resign upon filing papers to become a candidate for public office or\nshall be removed from office by the State Board of Elections. A member\nwho resigns or is re moved because of his or her candidacy shall not\nresume his or her term following the completion of the candidacy.\n10. Vacancies and temporary vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as\nprovided for original appointments, and the person appointed to fi ll the\nvacancy or temporary vacancy shall be of the same political party as his\nor her predecessor.\n(e) Compensation and payment of actual expenses of members shall be set by the\nfiscal court either as an amount payable on an annual basis, or as an amount\npayable on a per diem basis of not less than fifty dollars ($50) for each day the\nboard meets.\n(3) A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum. The county clerk shall serve as\nchair of the meetings and may vote. In case of a tie, the chair may cast a n additional\nvote. Records shall be kept of all proceedings, and the records shall be public and\nkept at the office of the county clerk.\n(4) The board shall meet as follows:\n(a) During years in which a primary or regular election is scheduled, the board\nshall meet at least once every other month and may meet more frequently if\nnecessary upon the call of the chair or upon written agreement of two (2) or\nmore members of the board. The call shall provide notice as prescribed by\nKRS 61.823;\n(b) During years in which no primary or regular election is scheduled, the board\nshall meet at the call of the chair or upon written agreement of two (2) or\nmore members of the board. The call shall provide notice as prescribed by\nKRS 61.823; and\n(c) The board shall meet and stay in session on primary, regular election, and\nspecial election days to correct clerical errors, to rule on questions regarding\nvoter registration, proof of identification, and the curing of signatures relative\nto mail -in absentee ballots, and may make to the election officers such\ncertifications as may be necessary. On primary, regular election, and special\nelection days, appeals may be made to a Circuit Judge, but a ruling of the\nboard shall be reversed only upon a finding that it was arbitrary and\ncapricious.\n(5) The board may employ, on a bipartisan basis, a staff sufficient to carry out the\nduties assigned to the board.","path":["KRS Chapter 117"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54634","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:12Z","sha256":"aee12f16a42585942a22171fd732488fcfd613a19d74b6bb2206b09ff7f09299","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-117.030","next":"us-ky/krs-117.040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}