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117.383 Rules and regulations.

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117.383 Rules and regulations. The State Board of Elections shall prescribe rules and regulations which shall include but <br>not be limited to the following: <br>(1) Achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness, impartiality, and efficiency of the procedures of voting; (2) Count, tabulate, and record votes; <br>(3) Establish a method for placing items on the electronic voting device, which shall, as closely as possible, follow the requirements pertaining to ballot labels; (4) Design the ballot cards, including a numerical system to insure an accurate record of all voting activities; (5) Instruct voters in the use of the voting device; <br>(6) Provide for checking the accuracy of the equipment; <br>(7) Provide necessary supplies, including those necessary for a write-in vote and secrecy envelopes for punch cards or data processing cards to insure voter privacy; (8) As part of the official canvass, provide for a manual recount of randomly selected precincts representing three percent (3%) to five percent (5%) of the total ballots <br>cast in each election; (9) Provide a method for maintaining sufficient documents and records so that votes can be recounted. Such documents and records shall include any material other than <br>a ballot card which is imprinted with the names of candidates and issues voted <br>upon. Records shall be maintained in such a manner that a specific piece of printed <br>material listing issues and candidates can be matched with the specific ballot cards <br>which were marked in reliance upon such printed material. Except as otherwise <br>required in this chapter that certain records and papers relating to specified elections <br>be retained for twenty-two (22) months, such documents and records shall be <br>maintained for thirty (30) days following an election. Effective: July 15, 1986 <br>History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 5, effective March 2, 1984. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 360, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1982.