Title X, Elections

The Fifth Congressional District shall consist of the following territory: County: Bath KY (part) A101 - Sharpsburg No. 1 (part) 210119701002016, 210119701002017, 210119701002027, 210119701002028, 210119701002029, 210119701002030, 210119701002031, 210119701002032, 210119701002033…

or withdrawal of candidate -- Penalty. (1) In certification of candidates for judicial office, no reference shall be made to political affiliation. (2) The Secretary of State shall not knowingly certify to the county clerk of any county the name of any candidate who has not filed…

(1) The provisions of KRS 118.125 shall not apply to any eligible person serving in the Armed Forces of the United States while this country is at war. The name of such person shall be printed on the official ballot of his party for an office for which he is eligible in any prima…

The Sixth Congressional District shall consist of the following territory: County: Anderson KY (part) A101 - East Lawrenceburg A102 - Duncan B101 - West Lawrenceburg B102 - West Duncan C101 - Lillard C102 - Witherspoon D101 - Mcbrayer D102 - South Lillard E101 - Alton (part) 2100…

All nomination or candidacy papers filed under this chapter shall during normal business hours be subject to inspection by any person.

Special Judge. (1) Except as provided in KRS Chapters 116 to 121, candidates for offices to be voted for by the electors of one (1) county or of a district less than one (1) county, except candidates for members of Congress, members of the General Assembly, and Commonwealth's att…

(1) A "bona fide" candidate means one who is seeking nomination in a primary or election in a special or regular election according to law. (2) The bona fides of any candidate seeking nomination as the nominee of a political party or a nonpartisan or judicial nominee in a primary…

If it appears, after the expiration of the time for filing nomination papers, that there is only one (1) candidate who has filed the necessary papers for a place on the ballot of any party on whose ballot he is entitled to have his name printed, the officer with whom the papers a…

(1) The State Board of Elections shall issue certificates of nomination or election for all primary and regular elections as provided in this section. (2) Following a primary or regular election, the board of elections of each county shall make out duplicate certificates of the t…

All nomination papers filed under KRS 118.165 and 118.365 shall at all times be subject to inspection by any person.

(1) The Secretary of State and the county clerk of each county within this state shall each keep a book titled "Register of Candidates for Nomination in the Primary." The Secretary of State and each county clerk shall enter on different pages of the book for the different politic…

death, disqualification, or withdrawal of candidate -- Notice required at polls -- Penalty. (1) If, before the time of certification of candidates who will appear on the ballot provided in KRS 118.215, any candidate whose notification and declaration or certificate or petition of…

listing county offices -- Use of supplemental paper ballots -- Approval of State Board of Elections -- Ballot position unalterable. (1) After the order of the names has been determined as provided in KRS 118.225, the Secretary of State shall certify, to the county clerks of the r…

(1) The order of the names of candidates or slates of candidates to be voted for by the electors of the entire state shall be determined by lot and certified and printed on the ballots with the designation of the respective offices. The Secretary of State shall prepare lists of t…

(1) If a vacancy occurs in a candidacy for the office of Lieutenant Governor because of death, disqualification to hold the office sought, or a severe disabling condition that arose after the slate formed a campaign committee, the candidate for the office of Governor on that slat…

applicable to presidential primaries. (1) The candidate for office receiving the highest number of votes in a primary for the office for which he or she is a candidate shall be the nominee of his or her party for that office and shall receive the certificate of nomination. (2) If…

(1) The Secretary of State shall receive a fee of five hundred dollars ($500) for a candidate for statewide elected state office or the Congress, two hundred dollars ($200) for a candidate for Commonwealth's attorney, the General Assembly, or the District Court, Circuit Court, Co…

candidates -- Eligibility of candidates defeated in primary -- Notification of vacancy in elective office -- Ineligibility of Senior Status Special Judge. (1) Except as provided in KRS 118.345, and subject to the provisions of subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, the co…

Examination of petition -- Ineligibility of Senior Status Special Judge. (1) A candidate for any office to be voted for at any regular election may be nominated by a petition of electors qualified to vote for him or her, complying with the provisions of subsection (2) of this sec…

-- Ineligibility of Senior Status Special Judge. (1) Any political organization not constituting a political party within the meaning of KRS 118.015 but whose candidate received two percent (2%) of the vote of the state at the last preceding election for presidential electors may…

information on Web site. (1) Each county clerk and the Secretary of State shall keep a book in which he or she shall enter certain information concerning candidates to be chosen by convention. Such book shall include the name, place of residence, office for which the person is a …

If any certificate or petition of nomination made under the provisions of this chapter contains the name of more than one (1) candidate for any office to be filled, neither name shall be printed as a candidate for that office. If any person has been nominated as a candidate for a…

ballots -- Section not applicable to presidential preference primary candidates. (1) No candidate who has been defeated or disqualified for the nomination for any office in a primary shall have his or her name placed on ballots in the succeeding regular election as a candidate fo…

(1) Certificates and petitions of nomination shall, in the case of candidates voted for by the state at large or by a district greater than one (1) county, be filed with the Secretary of State. In the case of candidates voted for by a county or by a district less than a county, t…

Statement-of-candidacy forms -- Petitions for recall elections or elections on public questions. (1) Certificates of nomination issued by the State Board of Elections shall be filed by that board with the Secretary of State immediately. The certificates issued by the county board…

political group candidate -- Exceptions -- Examination of forms. (1) An independent, or political organization, or political group candidate required to file nomination papers pursuant to KRS 118.365(5) shall be required to file a statement-of-candidacy form with the same office …

fill vacancy -- Ineligibility of Senior Status Special Judge. (1) If a vacancy occurs in any elective office less than one hundred sixty (160) days before the primary or at any time before the time prescribed in KRS 118.365 for filing petitions of nomination, independent, or poli…

(1) The Secretary of State and county clerks shall preserve in their respective offices all certificates and petitions of nomination filed therein, for six (6) months after the election for which the nominations were made. (2) Each county clerk and the Secretary of State shall re…

of State. The county clerk of each county and the Secretary of State shall prominently display on his or her official website, the candidates, the email address or post office box address, the office sought, the district number of the office sought, if applicable, and the politic…

vacancy. No candidate's name shall appear on any ballot, including any federal provisional ballot, federal provisional absentee ballot, or absentee ballot more than once, except that a candidate's name may appear twice if he or she is a candidate for a primary or a regular electi…

(1) The General Assembly may state the substance of the amendment proposed to the Constitution of Kentucky in the form of a question in a manner calculated to inform the electorate of the substance of the amendment. When an amendment to the Constitution has been proposed by the G…

(1) The State Board of Elections shall issue certificates of election where the successful candidate was voted for by the state at large, was voted for by a district greater than one (1) county, or was a candidate for member of Congress or the General Assembly. (2) Except as prov…

The election of electors of President and Vice President of the United States shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November every four (4) years, beginning with 1892. The Governor may, by proclamation, appoint the same day in any other year, pursuant to Act…

The electors of President and Vice President of the United States shall convene at the State Capitol, or other location publicly designated by the Secretary of State on his or her official website, at 11:45 a.m. on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next aft…

Each elector of President and Vice President of the United States, for each day he attends at the State Capitol as an elector, shall receive the same per diem and mileage as may at the time be allowed to members of the General Assembly, to be paid out of the State Treasury.

One (1) United States Senator shall be elected at the regular November election every six (6) years beginning with 1914, and one (1) shall be elected at the regular November election every six (6) years beginning with 1918, to succeed the Senator whose term will expire the succee…

The election of representatives in Congress shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in every even numbered year.

presidential candidates. (1) The state executive committee of each political party shall, pursuant to its party's rules, determine whether to distribute its party's authorized delegate votes for presidential candidates at its party's national convention based on the results of a …

(1) Subject to KRS 118.555, on the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May, in each presidential election year, the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall conduct presidential preference primary elections within each political party. (2) Hours of voting shall be in accordance with KR…

To qualify to vote in a presidential preference primary in the Commonwealth a voter must register to vote in the same manner as prescribed in KRS Chapter 116. A voter shall vote only in the presidential preference primary of the political party for which he has declared a prefere…

The State Board of Elections shall convene in Frankfort on the third Tuesday in December preceding a presidential preference primary. At the meeting required by this section, the board shall nominate as presidential preference primary candidates all those candidates of the politi…

Qualification of candidate through filing of notice of candidacy. (1) Any person seeking the endorsement by a political party for the office of President of the United States, or any group organized in this state on behalf of, and with the consent of, the person, may file with th…

- Certification of candidates. (1) The Secretary of State shall contact each person who has been nominated by petition, or who has been nominated pursuant to KRS 118.591(5) and (6), and notify him or her in writing by certified mail, with return receipt requested, that his or her…

Escheat to Commonwealth. Before any candidate's name is placed upon the official ballot by the Secretary of State for a presidential preference primary in the Commonwealth, the candidate shall remit to the Secretary of State a filing fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000), which sh…

casting uncommitted vote. The Secretary of State shall place the names of all candidates who have been nominated by petition, or who have been nominated pursuant to KRS 118.591(5) and (6), on the official presidential preference primary ballot of their respective political partie…

Upon completion of the official canvass of the results of the primary by the State Board of Elections, the Secretary of State shall certify to the state chairman of each political party participating in the presidential preference primary the following: (1) The names of the candi…

(1) The political parties in distributing authorized delegate votes among party candidates shall select one (1) of the following methods of distribution: (a) The candidates receiving the highest number of votes, provided each candidate receives at least fifteen percent (15%) of t…

It shall be the responsibility of the state chairperson of each political party to notify his or her party's national committee, no later than January 30 of each year in which such presidential primary shall be conducted, of the provisions contained herein relating to the automat…

Except as provided in KRS 120.205, when a vacancy happens in the office of Governor, requiring an election, a proclamation therefor shall be issued by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or if he is absent from the state or unable to act, by one (1) of the associate justices,…

United States Senator -- Winner of special election to hold office for remainder of unexpired term. When an election is to be held to fill a vacancy in the office of representative in Congress, or in the office of United States Senator, a proclamation therefor, in lieu of a writ …