{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-119.175","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 119.175","heading":"Receipt of illegal vote or rejection of legal vote by election officer.","body":"(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any officer of election who\nreceives, assents to receive or records a vote at an election at a time or place known\nby him not to be the time and place lawfully appointed, or who knowingly receives\nthe vote of any person other than a qualified voter, or refuses to receive the vote of a\nqualified voter, shall, for each offense, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor\nmore than five hundred dollars ($500), and shall forfeit any office he holds and b e\ndisqualified from ever holding any office.\n(2) Any judge of a primary election who knowingly receives a vote of an elector who is\nnot qualified to vote in the primary election under KRS 116.055 shall be fined one\nhundred dollars ($100) for each offense.","path":["KRS Chapter 119"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=27756","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:17Z","sha256":"a8d05e68c093608317218e13bedb9216c22d0ba0d5bfd4dfedde859c87e7aec1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-119.170","next":"us-ky/krs-119.180"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}