Title X, Elections

As used in this chapter: (1) A "ballot" or "official ballot" means the official presentation of offices and candidates to be voted for, including write-in candidates, and all public questions submitted for determination and shall include a voting machine ballot, a paper ballot, a…

found guilty. In any contest over the nomination or election of any state, county, city or district officer, it may be alleged in the pleadings of the contestant that the provisions of KRS 121.025, 121.045, 121.055 or 121.310, have been violated by the contestee or by others in h…

in Circuit Court -- Recount -- Appeal -- Determination regarding automatic recount. (1) It shall be the duty of precinct election officers at all primaries, regular elections, or special elections to immediately report to the county clerk any administrative or clerical error disc…

Any candidate for nomination to office at a primary held under the provisions of KRS 118.015 to 118.035 and 118.105 to 118.255, or any candidate for nomination to a city office at a primary for which the statutes do not otherwise provide for determining contest elections, for who…

Each party to a contest instituted under KRS 120.055 shall be entitled, in the production of evidence to be used on the trial thereof, to all the remedies allowed in cases at law and in equity. In trying the contest the court shall hear and determine all questions of law and fact…

(1) Any party may appeal to the Court of Appeals from a judgment entered under KRS 120.065. The appeal shall be in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure, except that the notice of appeal shall be filed and a supersedeas bond executed in the Circuit Court, and the record sh…

In the case of offices for which certificates of nomination are required to be filed with the Secretary of State, the result of the final judgment in the contest of a primary election shall be certified to the Secretary of State; in the case of offices for which certificates of n…

(1) Any candidate voted for at a primary held under KRS 118.015 to 118.035 and 118.105 to 118.255 may request a recount of the ballots by filing a petition with the same court that contest petitions are required to be filed with, within ten (10) days after the day of the primary,…

Governor, General Assembly member and certain city officers. (1) Any candidate for election to any state, county, district or city office (except the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, member of the General Assembly, and those city offices as to which there are other provis…

of materials -- Proceedings of county board of elections -- Costs. (1) In any regular election or special election for any member of the General Assembly, the United States Senate or the United States House of Representatives, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor …

costs. (1) A contest instituted under KRS 120.155 shall proceed as equity actions. Upon return of the summons properly executed to the office of the circuit clerk, he or she shall immediately docket the case and notify the presiding judge of the court that the contest has been fi…

Any party may appeal to the Court of Appeals from a judgment entered under KRS 120.155, in the same manner as provided in KRS 120.075, all of the provisions of which statute shall be applicable.

Recount proceeding -- Appeals -- General Assembly action regarding findings of court. (1) (a) 1. Any candidate who was voted for at a regular election for any of the offices to which KRS 120.155 applies, and who does not qualify for an automatic recount under KRS 120.157, may req…

Governor or by candidate for General Assembly. (1) Any slate of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor may contest any regular election or special election to the General Assembly by filing a written application and notice of the contest with the clerk of the Senate and …

Governor. When the election of a Governor and Lieutenant Governor is contested, a board for determining the contest shall be formed and shall proceed in the following manner: (1) On the third day after the organization of the General Assembly that meets next after the election, t…

(1) When the election of a member of the General Assembly is contested, the house to which he or she belongs or seeks to be a member shall, within three (3) days after its organization, and in the manner provided in KRS 120.205, select a board of not more than nine (9) nor less t…

(1) Any elector who was qualified to and did vote on any public question, other than a constitutional amendment or a question of local option under KRS Chapter 242, submitted to the voters of any county, city or district for their approval or rejection may contest the election or…

If a recount of the ballots is requested in a proceeding instituted under KRS 120.250, and the court has determined that the petition presents sufficient grounds, the court shall immediately order the ballots of the precincts in which the recount is demanded sent to the courthous…

Appeal. (1) If it appears in a proceeding instituted under KRS 120.250 that the result as certified is not correct, the correct result shall be ascertained and declared by the court and certified to the county board of election commissioners, and the judgment shall supersede the …

question. (1) Any elector who was qualified to and did vote on any constitutional convention, constitutional amendment, or statewide public question submitted to the voters of the state for their ratification or rejection may contest the election or demand a recount of the ballot…

amendment, or statewide public question. (1) If a contest instituted under KRS 120.280 involves the recount of ballots, and the court has determined that the petition of contest presents sufficient grounds, the court shall immediately order the ballots of the counties and precinc…

or amendment, or statewide public question. An appeal to the Court of Appeals may be prosecuted by any party to a contest instituted under KRS 120.280 in the same manner as in other contested election cases.

contest cases. The compensation of witnesses and officers taking depositions, and their powers and duties, shall be the same in election contest cases as in actions in equity.

It shall be unlawful for any candidate in any primary or general election to agree not to file a suit contesting the election, or to agree to dismiss or cease prosecuting such suit after it has been filed, in consideration of the payment or promise to pay to him, or to any other …