5.Voting / Election Leave

An employee will be given a reasonable time of up to four (4) hours with pay to vote in the primary, general, or special elections as per KRS § 118.035 or to request an application for and/or cast an absentee ballot if the employee is eligible to vote in the election and the employee’s supervisor, supervisor’s designee or a higher authority in the chain-of-command approves the leave request prior to the day.

An employee selected to serve as an elections officer will be given up to ten (10) hours of pay for any day she/he attends training to serve as an elections officer and/or serves as an elections officer (KRS § 118.035(4)) provided the employee’s supervisor, supervisor’s designee or a higher authority in the chain-of-command approves the leave request prior to that day.

An employee is not permitted to take other time off in lieu of this.

The District Director of Health and/or her/his designee may verify that an employee who uses voting leave actually votes as stipulated by the law. An employee who uses voting leave but does not vote as stipulated by the law may be required to change the leave designation and may be subject to appropriate disciplinary action (see section 7.4), up to and including dismissal (see section 8.4.)

The District Director of Health and/or her/his designee may verify that an employee who uses election leave actually attends the training and/or serves as an elections officer. An employee who uses election leave but does not attend the training and/or serve as an elections officer may be required to change the leave designation and may be subject to appropriate disciplinary action (see section 7.4), up to and including dismissal (see section 8.4.)