Frankfort, KY — Kentucky voters who switch their party affiliation in the months immediately before a primary election could not vote in that election under a bill that has cleared the Kentucky House. House Bill 325 would prohibit those who switch parties on or after Dec. 31 immediately preceding a primary election from voting in the upcoming primary. New voters who register to vote after Dec. 31 must stay registered with the same party until the following primary in order to vote in that election. HB 325 would also allow county clerks to send a mail-in absentee ballot application to an eligible voter by e-mail. Current law gives eligible voters seven days before an election to get their mail-in absentee ballot applications to their county clerk, and that language would be retained in HB 325. HB 325 passed the House by a vote of 92-4. It now goes to the Senate for consideration.