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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 125.140 (2026)

Repealed, 1974

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Instruction of voters -- Assistance of physically disabled -- Manner of voting. History: Repealed 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 198, effective June 21, 1974. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 34, effective December 1, 1972; and ch. 320, sec. 9, effective June 16, 1972. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 1, effective June 16, 1960. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 14.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1943–1971 · leading case: Upton v. Knuckles, 470 S.W.2d 822 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971).
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Upton v. Knuckles, 470 S.W.2d 822 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971). · cites it 5× “4 the Election Laws of the Commonwealth, as set out in KRS 125.140, Sub-section (2) relating to assisting persons in voting, was violated as follows: (a) A great number of persons were allowed to be assisted in voting without making an oath as to the disability of each; (b) That…”
Mills v. Broughton, 365 S.W.2d 315 (Ky. Ct. App. 1962). · cites it 4× “5%) who voted signed the comparative signature book with an “X”; that 50% of all the voters were given aid by the judges in voting on the voting machine; and that none of the assisted voters made or signed the oath required by KRS 125.140 (2). The record discloses that well over…”
Grauman, Co. Atty. v. Jefferson Co. Fiscal Court, 171 S.W.2d 36 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). · cites it 2× “- It is provided in the Act, KRS 125.140, that an illiterate, blind or physically disabled voter who is unable to operate a voting machine, upon making oath to that effect, may be accompanied to the *152 machine, by the two judges of the election, one of whom in the presence of…”
Brown v. Adkins, 453 S.W.2d 266 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970). “The evidence also shows that Monnie Harris had voted in the wrong precinct and that Roscoe Fraley and Donna Keeton received voting assistance from an election officer without taking the oath required by KRS 125.140(2). Thus, these four votes were illegally cast.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 125.140(2) — 3 cases
Upton v. Knuckles, 470 S.W.2d 822 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971). “4 the Election Laws of the Commonwealth, as set out in KRS 125.140, Sub-section (2) relating to assisting persons in voting, was violated as follows: (a) A great number of persons were allowed to be assisted in voting without making an oath as to the disability of each; (b) That…”
Mills v. Broughton, 365 S.W.2d 315 (Ky. Ct. App. 1962). “5%) who voted signed the comparative signature book with an “X”; that 50% of all the voters were given aid by the judges in voting on the voting machine; and that none of the assisted voters made or signed the oath required by KRS 125.140 (2). The record discloses that well over…”
Brown v. Adkins, 453 S.W.2d 266 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970). “The evidence also shows that Monnie Harris had voted in the wrong precinct and that Roscoe Fraley and Donna Keeton received voting assistance from an election officer without taking the oath required by KRS 125.140(2). Thus, these four votes were illegally cast.”
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