(1) Not less than three (3) days before any primary or regular election the county clerk shall cause to be published in a newspaper a copy of the ballots or supplementary material on which appear the names of candidates or issues to be voted upon. Where the lists of candidates or issues to be voted upon differ for various precincts within the county, the county clerk shall cause to be published only one (1) set of data with appropriate notations showing the differences in the various precincts. If supplemental paper ballots have been approved as provided in KRS § 118.215, the supplemental paper ballot shall be published at the same time as other material required to be published by this subsection. The cost of publication shall be paid by the county, except that the cost of publishing any voting data required to be published by this subsection that is limited to a city election or a district election other than a school district election shall be paid by the city or the district as the case may be.
(2) “Copy,” as used in subsection (1) of this section, means a summary of candidates and issues to be voted upon showing all the pertinent information that will appear, upon which the voters will cast their votes at a particular polling place.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 424.290

  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Regular election: means the election in even-numbered years at which members of Congress are elected and the election in odd-numbered years at which state officers are elected. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 71, effective June 29, 2021. — Amended
1982 Ky. Acts ch. 360, sec. 84, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 527, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 15. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 67, effective June 16,
1972. — Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 213, sec. 1. — Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 1. — Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 19.