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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 126.240 (2026)

Repealed, 1972

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Ballot boxes. History: Repealed 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 69, effective December 1, 1972. -- Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 242, sec. 11, effective March 23, 1946.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1951–1968 · leading case: Pickard v. Jones, 243 S.W.2d 46 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951).
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Pickard v. Jones, 243 S.W.2d 46 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). · cites it 2× “This clearly violated KRS 126.240. Standing alone, the irregularity is not of fatal consequence.”
Kincer v. Holbrook, 307 S.W.2d 922 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957). · cites it 2× “KRS 126.240 is the relevant statute that we believe was departed from and it reads: “Before sending an absent voter’s ballot to any applicant prior to any election, the county court clerk shall provide himself with one or more legal ballot boxes, as may be required.”
Arnett v. Hensley, 425 S.W.2d 546 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “KRS 126.240 requires the county clerk to provide himself with one or more legal ballot boxes before sending out any absent voter’s ballots.”
Jarboe v. Smith, 350 S.W.2d 490 (Ky. Ct. App. 1961). “There was also gross irregularity concerning the retention of a properly locked and securely maintained absentee ballot box in the county clerk’s office prior to the election, which dereliction alone, this Court said, “clearly violated KRS 126.240.” To sum up, the Pickard case…”
Warren v. Rayburn, 267 S.W.2d 720 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). ““Among the irregularities complained of was the failure of the Clerk to comply with KRS 126.240 which required him before sending an absent voter’s ballot to any applicant to provide himself with at least one legal ballot box for the absentee ballots same to be locked in the…”
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