{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-118a.010","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 118A.010","heading":"Definitions -- Applicability of provisions of KRS Chapter 118.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"Ballot\" or \"official ballot\" means the official presentation of offices and candidates\nto be voted for, including write-in candidates, and all public questions submitted for\ndetermination, and shall include a voting machine ballot, a paper ballot, an absentee\nballot, a special ballot, or a supplemental paper ballot which has been authorized for\nthe use of the voters in any primary, regular election, or special election by the\nSecretary of State or the county clerk;\n(2) \"Election\" refers only to elections for offices of the Court of Justice;\n(3) \"Voting equipment\" means any physical component of a voting system and includes\nvoting machines where voting machines are in operation;\n(4) \"Voting machine\" or \"machine\" means a part of a voting system that consists of:\n(a) A direct recording electronic voting machine that:\n1. Records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or\nelectro-operated components that may be actuated by the voter;\n2. Processes the data by means of a computer program;\n3. Records voting data and ballot images in internal and external memory\ncomponents; and\n4. Produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable memory\ncomponent and on a printed copy; or\n(b) One (1) or more electronic devices that operate independently or as a\ncombination of a ballot marking device and an electronic or automatic vote\ntabulating device; and\n(5) \"Voting system\" means:\n(a) The total combination of physical, mechanical, electromechanical, or\nelectronic equipment, including the software, hardware, firmware, and\ndocumentation required to program, control, and support that equipment, that\nis used to:\n1. Define ballots;\n2. Cast and count votes;\n3. Report or display election results; and\n4. Maintain and produce any audit trail information; and\n(b) The practices and associated documentation used to:\n1. Identify system components and versions of those components;\n2. Test the system during its development and maintenance;\n3. Maintain records of system errors and defects;\n4. Determine specific system changes to be made to a system after the\ninitial qualification of the system; and\n5. Make available any materials to the voter, such as notices, instructions,\nforms, or paper ballots.\nNo provisions of KRS Chapter 118 existing on March 10, 1976, except KRS 118.015\nthrough 118.045 shall apply to such elections. All other provisions of the election laws\nnot inconsistent with this chapter shall be applicable thereto.","path":["KRS Chapter 118A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51696","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:16Z","sha256":"5c9bcbed84ef12d235ddadb7cbe1cb418ec824021b884194b83a59908c278be2","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-118.995","next":"us-ky/krs-118a.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}