{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-117.245","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 117.245","heading":"Procedure when voter's right to vote disputed.","body":"(1) The fact that a person is registered constitutes only prima facie evidence of his or\nher right to vote and does not prevent the officers of any election from refusing to\nallow him or her to vote for cause.\n(2) When the officers of an election disagree as t o the qualifications of a voter or if his\nor her right to vote is disputed by a challenger, other than for failure to provide\nproof of identification as defined in KRS 117.001, the voter shall sign a written oath\nas to his or her qualifications before he or she is permitted to vote. The oath shall be\nin such form prescribed and furnished by the State Board of Elections pursuant to\nadministrative regulations promulgated under KRS Chapter 13A. Twenty (20)\nprinted copies of these oaths shall be included in the  election supplies of each\nprecinct.\n(3) The subscribed oaths shall be returned to the county clerk who shall deliver them to\nthe Commonwealth's attorney.\n(4) The Commonwealth's attorney and county attorney shall investigate each of the\noaths and cause to be summoned before the grand jury the witnesses they or either\nof them, deem proper, and the grand jury shall make a thorough investigation of all\nvotes so cast, and return indictments against all persons illegally voting. The\nforeman of the grand jury sha ll return to the county clerk all of the oaths upon\nwhich no indictments are found. The county clerk shall safely keep them as a part of\nthe records of his or her office, and shall produce any or all of them, when required,\nto any subsequent grand jury.","path":["KRS Chapter 117"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51671","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:12Z","sha256":"02aabf5cf59a8e8483387eb1ab28b2d43e7230b3c2bd60cce0f82d164f454f18","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-117.240","next":"us-ky/krs-117.250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}