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118.225 Determination of order of names on ballot.
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For the purpose of determining the order in which the names of candidates or slates
of candidates to be voted for by the electors of the entire state shall be certified and
printed on the ballots with the designation of the respective offices, the Secretary of
State shall prepare lists of the counties of each congressional district of the state. He
shall arrange the surnames of all candidates or slates of candidates for each office in
alphabetical order for the First Congressional District, and the names shall be
certified in this order to the county clerks of all the counties comprising that district.
For each succeeding congressional district, taken in numerical order, the name
appearing first for each office in the last preceding district shall be placed last, and
the name appearing second in the last preceding district shall be placed first, and
each other name shall be moved up one (1) place. The lists shall be certified
accordingly.
For all other offices for which nomination papers and petitions are filed with the
Secretary of State, the order of names of candidates for each office shall be
determined by lot at a public drawing to be held in the office of the Secretary of
State at 2 p.m., standard time, on the Thursday following the last Tuesday in
January preceding the primary or the Thursday following the second Tuesday in
August preceding the general election.
For all offices for which nomination papers and petitions are filed in the office of
the county clerk, the order in which the names of candidates for each office are to
be printed on the ballot shall be determined by lot at a public drawing in the office
of the county clerk at 2 p.m., standard time, on the Thursday following the last
Tuesday in January before the primary or the Thursday following the second
Tuesday in August preceding the general election.
If the number of certified candidates or slates of candidates cannot be placed on a
ballot which can be accommodated on voting machines currently in use in the
county, the county clerk shall notify the State Board of Elections, as provided in
KRS 118.215.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts
ch. 288, sec. 40, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 296, sec. 10, effective July 14,
1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 43, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 26, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts
ch. 185, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 394, sec. 22,
effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 10,
effective March 19, 1977. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 112, effective June
21, 1974.
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