Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 117.001 to include a definition of "e-poll book" and exclude it from the definition of "voting machine" and "voting systems"; amend KRS 117.025 to allow the State Board of Elections to choose to provide master lists of registered voters in electronic format to county clerks for in use in e-poll books during an election; and amend KRS 117.379 to permit the State Board of Elections to examine any voter registration system maintained by the county clerk, including e-poll books, to establish the security of the system and its components, with a report to be provided to the county board of elections.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain the provisions of the bill, except change the time the State Board of Elections is required to provide an electronic master list of registered voters to each county clerk from 21 days to 10 days before the first day of in-person absentee voting for a primary or an election.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Amend KRS 117.025 to require the State Board of Elections to provide to the county clerk of each county voter registration lists at least eighteen days prior to a primary or an election; amend KRS 117.379 to include e-poll book products within the State Board of Elections examination and certification of permissible voting products to be used for an election by means of statutory and administrative regulatory requirements; require approved e-poll book products to be used after May 11, 2023; add and amend KRS 117.115 to allow a county government the ability to select, in its discretion, an e-poll book that complies with the specifications and requirements of KRS Chapter 117.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- A. Southworth

Summary Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit election results from being certified by a county board of elections without an exact match of voter tallies and ballot cast tallies; amend KRS 117.001 to change the definition of risk-limiting audit.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 2 -- A. Southworth

Summary Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to require that a risk limiting audit be performed upon the closing of the polls in order for certification of the election; amend KRS 117.001 to change the definition of risk-limiting audit.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 3 -- R. Mills

Summary Amend KRS 117.379 to require separate standards for an e-poll book product report and a voting system report.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 117.001, 117.025, 117.379
Acts Chapter 172: 117.001, 117.025, 117.379, 117.115
House Committee Substitute 1: 117.001, 117.025, 117.379
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 117.001, 117.025, 117.379, 117.115
Current: 117.001, 117.025, 117.379