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116.085 Transfer of registration -- Change of residence -- Name change.

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Page 1 of 1 116.085 Transfer of registration -- Change of residence -- Name change. (1) When a voter changes his place of residence to another location within the county, the clerk shall, upon application of the voter in person, by mail, or through a circuit <br>clerk, transfer the voter's registration record to the proper precinct. (2) When a registered voter changes his place of residence from one (1) precinct to another within the same county before the registration books are closed and fails to <br>transfer his registration with the county clerk prior to the date the registration books <br>are closed, the voter shall be permitted to update the voting records and to vote in <br>the present election at the appropriate precinct for the current address upon <br>affirmation of his current address and signing the precinct list as set forth in KRS <br>117.225. Before being permitted to vote, the voter shall also confirm his identity as <br>required in KRS 117.227 and complete the affidavit which is required to be <br>completed by a voter whose right to vote has been challenged. The subscribed oaths <br>shall be delivered to the county clerk and investigated in accordance with KRS <br>117.245. (3) When a registered voter changes his place of residence from one (1) precinct to another precinct within the same county after the registration books close, the voter <br>shall be permitted to vote in the present election at the appropriate precinct for the <br>current address upon affirmation of his current address and signing the precinct list <br>as set forth in KRS 117.225. Before being permitted to vote, the voter shall confirm <br>his identity as required by KRS 117.227 and complete the affidavit which is <br>required to be completed by a voter whose right to vote is challenged. The <br>subscribed oaths shall be delivered to the county clerk and investigated in <br>accordance with KRS 117.245. (4) When the boundaries of a precinct are changed by law, placing a registered voter in a new or different precinct, the clerk shall automatically transfer the voter's <br>registration record to the proper precinct and mail the voter a notice of the change. (5) A voter who has changed his name may indicate the change at the precinct on election day by completing the form provided for this purpose by the State Board of <br>Elections. The form shall be returned by the precinct officer to the county clerk who <br>shall make the necessary change on the voter's registration record. Effective: January 1, 1995 <br>History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 393, sec. 6, effective January 1, 1995. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 6, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1974 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 130, sec. 8, 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 &quot;will take <br>effect on January 1, 1995, the date the National Voter Registration Act will take <br>effect with respect to Kentucky.&quot;