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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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