116.025 Eligibility to vote. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 2 116.025 Eligibility to vote. (1) Every person who is a resident of this state and the precinct in which he or she offers to vote on or before the day preceding the closing of the registration books
for any primary, general, or special election, who possesses on the day of any
election the qualifications set forth in Section 145 of the Constitution, exclusive of
the durational residency requirements, who is not disqualified under that section or
under any other statute, and who is registered as provided in this chapter, may vote
for all officers to be elected by the people and on all public questions submitted for
determination at that election, in the precinct in which he or she is qualified to vote.
Any person who shall have been convicted of any election law offense which is a
felony shall not be permitted to vote until his or her civil rights have been restored
by executive pardon. (2) Any person charged with or indicted for a crime, whether or not in custody for same, who has not yet been convicted of the offense and who is not otherwise
ineligible to vote, may vote for all offices to be elected by the people and on all
public questions submitted for determination at that election, in the precinct in
which he or she is qualified to vote. (3) A registered voter who changes his or her place of residence from one (1) precinct to another within the same county while the registration books are closed shall be
permitted to update the voting records and to vote in the present election at the
appropriate precinct for the current address as set forth in KRS 116.085(3). (4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any registered voter who changes his or her place of residence from one (1) precinct to another within the
same county prior to the closing of the registration books and who fails to transfer
his or her registration with the county clerk prior to the date the registration books
are closed shall be permitted to vote in the present election at the appropriate
precinct for the current address as set forth in KRS 116.085(2). (5) Any registered voter who changes his or her place of residence to a different county while the registration books are closed shall be permitted to vote at the appropriate
precinct for his or her former residence in the present election and shall thereafter
transfer his or her voter registration. (6) Any registered voter who changes his or her place of residence to a different county and fails to register to vote in the county of current residence prior to the date the
registration books are closed shall not be eligible to vote in the present election in
the county of current residence or the county of former residence. (7) Any registered voter who changes his or her place of registration to a different state while the registration books are closed in the new state of residence before a
presidential election shall be permitted to cast an absentee ballot for President and
Vice President only, notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, by mail or at the
county clerk's office of the former residence or other place designated by the county
board of elections and approved by the State Board of Elections. Effective: March 30, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 2, effective March 30, 2006. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1994 Page 2 of 2 Ky. Acts ch. 393, sec. 4, effective January 1, 1995. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts
ch. 48, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 341, sec. 20,
effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 360, sec. 36, effective July
15, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 2, effective June 21, 1974. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). In Attorney General Opinion 94-42, it was concluded that 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 393, which amended this statute "will take
effect on January 1, 1995, the date the National Voter Registration Act will take
effect with respect to Kentucky."