Title X, Elections

where voting to be conducted when only one candidate nominated -- Exceptions. (1) When a vacancy exists in either house of the General Assembly during its session, the presiding officer of the house in which the vacancy exists shall issue a writ of election; when the General Asse…

special election. (1) A copy of a proclamation issued under KRS 118.710 or 118.720, or a writ of election issued under KRS 67C.103, 118.730, 120.205, or 120.215 shall be forwarded by mail to the sheriff of each county in the district in which the election is to be held, at least …

Immediately on receipt of a proclamation or writ of election, or other sufficient information thereof, the sheriff shall give notice thereof by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424 and by handbills posted at the courthouse door and at the several places of voting.

Nominations by political parties, as defined in KRS 118.015, to fill vacancies at special elections shall be made in the manner determined by the governing authority of the party in the territory in which the election is to be held. An independent, or political organization, or p…

of Governor, congressional representative, or General Assembly member. When a writ of election or proclamation is issued to fill a vacancy as prescribed in KRS 118.710, 118.720, or 118.730, independent, or political organization, or political group petitions and certificates of n…

of results and administration of oath -- Determination by house of General Assembly. A successful candidate in a special election held for the purpose of filling a vacancy in any elective office shall take office immediately upon certification of the election results by the State…

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or who fails to perform his duties in the manner specified in this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 118.136 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (2) If the Secretary of State violates any of the provisions of subsection (4) of KRS 118.215, he shall be guilty of a Class D felony. (3) Any person who violates subsection…

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, …

deliver copies of registration records -- Penalty. Any county clerk or deputy county clerk who fraudulently registers the name of any person, or permits any person to register knowing that the person is not entitled to register, or who fails or refuses to deliver copies of the re…

Any person who knowingly or fraudulently causes himself to be registered in more than one (1) precinct, or to be registered more than once, or in a precinct other than the one in which he is a legal voter, or who registers under any name other than his real name, or who gives a f…

Making or using false or fraudulent record. Any person who fraudulently or unlawfully alters any registration record, or fraudulently adds any name thereto, or willfully secretes, suppresses, mutilates or destroys any registration record, or makes or uses any false or fraudulent …

Any person who attempts to or forcibly prevents any person from registering, or in any way unlawfully interferes with any person registering, or prevents or interferes with a clerk or registration officer in carrying out his duties with relation to the registration of voters, sha…

Any person in possession of nomination papers for attaining ballot access entitled to be filed under the statutes relating to primaries, regular and special elections who wrongfully alters, mutilates or suppresses such papers, or wrongfully fails to cause them to be filed at the …

Any person who forges the name of a signer to a nomination paper shall be guilty of a Class C felony.

Any county clerk who willfully and knowingly refuses or fails to have the name of any candidate printed upon the official ballot in the manner provided by law shall be guilty of a Class D felony.

Any printer of ballots, or person employed in printing ballots, who prints or permits to be printed any ballot in any other form than the one prescribed by law, or with any name or device placed, spelled or arranged thereon other than as authorized and directed by the county cler…

(1) Any person who steals or willfully destroys any of the election supplies required to be furnished by the county clerk shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), and imprisoned in the county jail for not less than one (1) month n…

Tampering with, injuring, or destroying ballot, e-poll book, administration information system, machine, equipment, or system. (1) Any unauthorized person found in possession of any key to a voting machine, voting equipment, or voting system to be used or being used in any primar…

Any sheriff who willfully fails to cause an election to be held, as required by law, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Any sheriff who willfully fails to perform any other duty concerning an election, for which ther…

Any election officer who refuses to permit any challenger of any political party having a ticket to be voted for at an election, who has been duly appointed and presents a duly attested certificate of appointment, to perform his duties as challenger, shall be fined not less than …

(1) Any person who unlawfully prevents or attempts to prevent any voter from casting his ballot, or intimidates or attempts to intimidate any voter so as to prevent him from casting his ballot, or who unlawfully interferes with the election officers in the discharge of their duti…

unqualified person or convicted felon. (1) Any person who falsely personates a registered voter, and receives and casts a ballot by means of such personation, shall be guilty of a Class D felony. An attempt at such personation shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor. (2) Any perso…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any officer of election who receives, assents to receive or records a vote at an election at a time or place known by him not to be the time and place lawfully appointed, or who knowingly receives the vote of any person ot…

Any person who willfully disobeys any lawful command of an election officer, given in the execution of his duty as such at an election, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(1) Any person who, during an election, knowingly and willfully removes or attempts to remove an official ballot from the election room, or has in his possession outside the election room any official ballot, either genuine or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a Class D felony. (2)…

signing a petition to have public question on ballot -- Definition of "expenditure" -- Procedures for paying for transportation of voters -- Applicability of KRS 502.020. (1) Any person who makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote,…

characteristics of voters registered. Any person who provides compensation or makes any such expenditure as payment or consideration for registering voters that is based upon the total number of voters a person registers or the total number of voters a person registers in a parti…

Any member of a county board of elections who refuses to permit an inspector designated under KRS 117.275 and 117.315 to exercise free and full action in witnessing the count of the ballots, or interferes with the right of such an inspector to have a free and full opportunity to …

of election. Any person who willfully alters, obliterates, secretes, suppresses or destroys a stub book, return or certificate of election, and any officer who makes, aids in making or authorizes the making of any false or fraudulent stub book, certificate of election or election…

elections. Any member of the State Board of Elections or of a county board of elections who willfully and knowingly violates any provision of the statutes relating to his duties, or fails to execute faithfully any of the duties imposed upon him by law, for which no other penalty …

Any person who, by threat of violence or in any other manner, intimidates or attempts to intimidate the election officers, the State Board of Elections or a county board of elections in the performance of their duty and any persons who conspire together and go forth armed for the…

Any public officer who willfully neglects to perform a duty imposed upon him under the election laws, for which no other penalty is provided, or who willfully performs such duty in a way that hinders the objects of the election laws, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

Any person who counsels, advises, procures or aids in the commission of any of the offenses named in this chapter shall incur the penalty provided for committing such offense.

Any person who shall have been convicted of any election law offense which is a Class A misdemeanor shall not be permitted to hold elective office for a period of five (5) years following the conviction. Any person who shall have been convicted of any election law offense which i…

Irregularities or defects in the mode of convening or conducting an election shall constitute no defense to a prosecution for a violation of the election laws.

for United States Senator. (1) Any act or deed denounced by the statutes concerning regular elections or concerning elections generally shall be an offense when committed in connection with a primary election held under KRS Chapter 118, and shall be punished in the same manner, a…

Election officers shall give information of all infractions of the election laws to the grand jury, Commonwealth's attorney, Attorney General and the Registry of Election Finance. The election officers shall cooperate in any investigation or prosecution of election law violations…

prosecution. The county board of elections shall present to the grand jury next convening subsequent to each election the names of those election officials who failed to appear and serve at the election and who had not been properly excused. Any such person may be subpoenaed and …

Except as provided in KRS 119.325, any person who refuses, when summoned, to testify on oath before a grand jury as to any knowledge he may possess concerning any violation of law in relation to elections in the county during the preceding eighteen (18) months shall be imprisoned…

grand jury a Class A misdemeanor. Any person having the possession of any books, correspondence or papers of a corporation that may show or tend to show any violation of the provisions of KRS 121.025, or of KRS 121.045 or 121.055, or of subsection (1) of KRS 121.310, who refuses,…

No person shall be convicted of a violation of any of the statutes relating to elections upon the testimony of only one (1) witness, unless sustained by strong corroborating circumstances.

except from perjury charge. (1) At the discretion of the prosecuting attorney, in any prosecution under the election laws it shall be no exemption for a witness that his information may criminate himself, and no such information given by a witness shall be used against him in any…

No prosecution shall be had under the election laws where the penalty is less than confinement in the penitentiary unless the prosecution is commenced within two (2) years from the time of the commission of the offense.

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…