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117.205 Examination by election officers -- Correction of defects -- Reserve voting machine.

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117.205 Examination by election officers -- Correction of defects -- Reserve voting machine. Before permitting any person to vote on the day of the election, the election officers shall <br>examine the machine to ascertain whether it has been operated since the counters referred <br>to in subsections (10) and (11) of KRS 117.125 were set at zero, and to ascertain whether <br>the ballot labels are arranged as specified on the printed instruction cards. If the machine <br>indicates that it has been operated or if the ballot labels are not so arranged, the officers <br>shall not unlock the operating device or mechanism, but shall immediately secure the <br>attendance of the county clerk and one (1) member of the county board of elections other <br>than the county clerk, who shall reset the counters at zero and relock the device covering <br>the counters, or properly arrange the ballot labels, as the case may be, in the presence of <br>the election officers. If the attendance of members of the board of elections cannot be <br>obtained before the opening of the polls or within one (1) hour thereafter, the election <br>officers shall notify the county clerk of the foregoing facts and obtain from the county <br>clerk a reserve voting machine, and proceed to conduct the election. Any reserve machine <br>shall have been certified for use at the election by the county board of elections and <br>prepared for use at the election by the election officers in the precinct in the same manner <br>as the original machine was prepared for the election. The machine found to have been so <br>operated shall be returned immediately to the custody of the county clerk, whose duty it <br>shall be to promptly repair same in order that it may be used as a reserve machine in the <br>election if needed. Effective: July 13, 1990 <br>History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 25, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 34, effective June 21, 1974.