2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 118 - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS 118.601 Notification of nominees by Secretary of State -- Order of names on ballot -- Certification of candidates.
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118.601 Notification of nominees by Secretary of State -- Order of names on
ballot -- Certification of candidates.
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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 in writing by certified mail, with return receipt requested, that his
name will appear as a candidate on the Kentucky presidential primary ballot of
his party.
The order in which the names of candidates for a presidential preference
primary are to be printed on the ballot shall be determined by lot at a public
drawing 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 presidential
preference primary.
Not later than the date set forth in KRS 118.215(1)(a) preceding the
presidential preference primary, and after the order of the names has been
determined as provided by subsection (2) of this section, the Secretary of State
shall certify to each county clerk the name, place of residence, and party of
each candidate, as specified in the notice of candidacy forms or petitions filed
with him and shall designate the device with which the candidates of each
party shall be printed, in the order in which they are to appear on the ballot,
with precedence to be given to the party that polled the highest number of
votes at the preceding election for presidential electors, followed by the political
party which received the second highest number of votes.
Effective:July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 14, effective July 15, 2008. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 2, effective January 29, 1996. -- Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 296, sec. 17, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky.
Acts ch. 48, sec. 54, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 431, sec. 6, effective July
13, 1990. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1986; and
ch. 470, sec. 22, effective July 15, 1986.
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