Introduced February 2, 2026
HB534
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Amend KRS 30A.145 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to prepare an all-time list each month of persons convicted of a felony, including persons whose cases are on appeal, and provide the list to the State Board of Elections; amend KRS 83A.040 to require a special election if more than the majority of the membership of a legislative body is vacated because of an election error due to no fault of any candidate…
Plain-language summary
This bill makes several changes to Kentucky election law, covering voter registration maintenance, voting equipment standards, and election contest rules. It would require monthly checks to remove non-citizens and people with felony convictions from voter rolls, ban new voting machines that use barcodes or QR codes to record votes, allow counties to use software to create public electronic records of cast ballots, and clarify rules around special elections, candidate challenges, and campaign finance for political…
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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
DJ Johnson
Representative · House District 013
Co-sponsors (2)
John Hodgson
Representative · House District 036
T.J. Roberts
Representative · House District 066
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