Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 117.655 (2026)
Repealed, 1972
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Catchline at repeal: Application of KRS 117.745 to counties -- Clerk to mark registration record -- Officers my refuse to issue ballot. History: Repealed 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 69, effective December 1, 1972. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 11, effective June 19, 1952.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1954–1954 · leading case: Wilkinson v. Queen, 269 S.W.2d 223 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954).
Wilkinson v. Queen, 269 S.W.2d 223 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “- It is conceded that 278 persons who voted in the election did not sign the comparative signature book as required by KRS 117.655. Appellant took the deposition of 227 of these voters, 99 of whom testified that they voted against the sale of alcoholic beverages.”
Gross v. Helton, 267 S.W.2d 67 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “The first question we must dispose of is whether KRS 117.655 and KRS 117.745 make it mandatory, or merely directory, that the voter- sign the comparative signature book before casting his ballot in an election governed by these statutes.”
Wilkinson v. Queen, 274 S.W.2d 487 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “2d 223 , it was decided that 278 challenged votes were illegal because the voters did not sign the comparative signature book as required by KRS 117.655 and 117.745. The case was remanded for a determination by the circuit court of how these illegal voters had voted, if such was…”
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