{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-117.205","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 117.205","heading":"Examination by election officers -- Correction of defects -- Reserve voting","body":"equipment.\nBefore the polls are open, and before permitting any person to vote on the day of the\nelection, the election officers shall examine the voting equipment to  ascertain whether it\nhas been operated since the counters referred to in KRS 117.125(1)(q) and (r) were set at\nzero, and to ascertain whether the ballots are arranged as previously specified. If the\nvoting equipment indicates that it has been operated or if the ballots are not properly\narranged, the officers shall not unlock the operating device or mechanism, but shall\nimmediately secure the attendance of the county clerk and one (1) member of the county\nboard of elections other than the county clerk, who shall reset the counters at zero and\nrelock the device covering the counters, or properly arrange the ballots, as the case may\nbe, in the presence of the election officers. If the attendance of members of the board of\nelections cannot be obtained before th e opening of the polls or within one (1) hour\nthereafter, the election officers shall notify the county clerk of the foregoing facts and\nobtain from the county clerk reserve voting equipment, and proceed to conduct the\nelection. Any reserve voting equipment shall have been certified for use at the election by\nthe county board of elections and prepared for use at the election by the election officers\nin the precinct in the same manner as the original voting equipment was prepared for the\nelection. The voting  equipment found to have been so operated shall be returned\nimmediately to the custody of the county clerk, whose duty it shall be to promptly repair\nsame so that it may be used as reserve voting equipment in the election if needed.","path":["KRS Chapter 117"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57016","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:12Z","sha256":"5365c853e1081c9ba6aad19e32268b9aadca36a5a5684c09b8f4ef83b0a106c4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-117.200","next":"us-ky/krs-117.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}