# KRS § 117.025: 117.025 Executive director and assistant director -- Staff -- Powers and duties > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.025 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 117.025 - **Heading:** 117.025 Executive director and assistant director -- Staff -- Powers and duties - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title X / Chapter 117 / Section 117.025 ## Text 117.025 Executive director and assistant director -- Staff -- Powers and duties. (1) The State Board of Elections shall appoint an executive director, who shall be the chief administrative officer for the board. The board shall also appoint an assistant director, who shall be of a different political party than the director. The salaries of the director and the assistant director shall be set by the board. (2) The State Board of Elections shall employ, on a bipartisan basis, a staff sufficient to carry out the duties assigned to the board, including legal counsel and a training officer to provide assistance to the county clerks and the county boards of elections in their training of precinct election officers. (3) The board shall: (a) Maintain a complete roster of all qualified registered voters within the state by county and precinct, and institute appropriate safeguards to ensure that there is no inappropriate use of the voter registration roster. State and local election officials, including the Secretary of State, employees of the Secretary, and members of the State Board of Elections and their staff, shall only use the voter registration roster for purposes relevant to their prescribed duties of election administration. The Secretary of State, and two (2) employees of the Secretary, who may be designated by the Secretary with explicit written authority and notification to the board, shall have electronic access to the information contained within the voter registration roster, but shall not correct, alter, or delete information from the voter registration roster, unless having obtained prior approval by a majority of the voting members of the board; (b) For each primary, furnish each county clerk with a master list of all registered voters in the county, together with three (3) signature rosters of all registered voters in each precinct of the county according to party affiliation, and two (2) lists of all registered voters in each precinct of the county at least eighteen (18) days prior to each primary; (c) For each regular election, furnish each county clerk with a master list of all registered voters in the county, together with one (1) signature roster of all registered voters in each precinct of the county on which each voter's party affiliation is identified, and two (2) lists of all registered voters in each precinct of the county at least eighteen (18) days prior to each regular election; (d) Select the required format for any voter registration list provided to a county clerk including those intended for use in an e-poll book product; (e) Maintain all information furnished to the board relating to the inclusion or deletion of names from the rosters for four (4) years; (f) Furnish, at a reasonable price, the state central executive committee of each political party qualifying under KRS 118.015 monthly data of all additions, deletions and changes of registration in each precinct of each county and the state central executive committee shall furnish a county listing to each of the county executive committees of each political party; (g) Purchase, lease or contract for the use of equipment necessary to properly carry out its duties under the provisions of this chapter and KRS Chapters 116 and 118; (h) Secure information from any source which may assist the board in carrying out the purposes of this section; (i) Furnish at a reasonable price any and all precinct lists to duly qualified candidates, political party committees or officials thereof, or any committee that advocates or opposes an amendment or public question. The State Board of Elections may also furnish the precinct lists to other persons at the board's discretion, at a reasonable price to be determined by the board. The board shall not furnish precinct lists to persons who intend to use the lists for commercial use; and s, political party committees or officials thereof, or any committee that advocates or opposes an amendment or public question. The State Board of Elections may also furnish the precinct lists to other persons at the board's discretion, at a reasonable price to be determined by the board. The board shall not furnish precinct lists to persons who intend to use the lists for commercial use; and (j) Be responsible for oversight of board personnel, including hiring, investigations, disciplinary actions, promotions, and other like actions subject to KRS Chapter 18A. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 117.001 117.001 Definitions for chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.001.md) - [KRS § 117.015 117.015 State Board of Elections -- Powers, duties, membership](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.015.md) - [KRS § 117.020 117.020 Declaration by state board of county's status as a preclearance county](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.020.md) - [KRS § 117.022 117.022 Judicial declaration of existence of election crisis -- Effect](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.022.md) - [KRS § 117.025 117.025 Executive director and assistant director -- Staff -- Powers and duties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.025.md) - [KRS § 117.027 117.027 State board to promulgate record-keeping requirements](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.027.md) - [KRS § 117.030 117.030 Announcements and signs regarding importance of voting -- Notice of illegal acts, penalties, and right to report administrative errors at polling places](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.030.md) - [KRS § 117.035 117.035 County board of elections -- Membership -- Appointed members -- Meetings -- Questions regarding voter registration and proof of identification -- Staff](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.035.md) - [KRS § 117.045 117.045 Precinct election officers -- Alternate and emergency appointments -- Minors permitted to serve as election officers -- Reimbursement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.045.md) - [KRS § 117.055 117.055 Division of county into precincts -- Georeferenced digital precinct boundary file -- Failure of board to perform duty -- Coordination of precinct boundary changes with other boundaries](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.055.md) - [KRS § 117.056 117.056 Maintenance of boundaries of election precincts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.056.md) - [KRS § 117.058 117.058 Legislative approval for certain boundary changes](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.058.md) - [KRS § 117.065 117.065 Establishing voting places for precincts -- Change -- Expense -- Authority to designate as voting places buildings constructed with tax revenues -- Notice to local board of education if school building is designated -- Voter accessibility -- Immediate telephone accessibility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.065.md) - [KRS § 117.066 117.066 Single voting location for more than one precinct -- Petition to allow consolidation of precincts -- Consideration of petition by Secretary of State and State Board of Elections](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.066.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C117_S117.025. 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