Kentucky Statutes 118.345 – Certain primary candidates barred from having names on regular election ballots — Section not applicable to presidential preference primary candidates
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(1) No candidate who has been defeated for the nomination for any office in a primary shall have his or her name placed on ballots in the succeeding regular election as a candidate for the same office for the nomination to which he or she was a candidate in the primary, except that if a vacancy occurs in the party nomination for which he or she was a candidate in the primary his or her name may be placed on the ballots for the regular election as a candidate of that party if he or she has been duly made such party nominee after the vacancy occurs as provided in KRS § 118.105.
(2) No person who was a candidate for nomination for any office in a primary and who, before the succeeding regular election, is declared by the judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction to have violated, in the primary, any provision of KRS Chapter 121, or to be responsible for such violation by others, shall have his or her name placed on ballots for any office to be voted for in the succeeding regular election.
(3) This section does not apply to presidential preference primary candidates.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 54, effective June 29, 2021. — Amended
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch.
111, sec. 64, effective July 13, 1984; and ch. 185, sec. 19, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 394, sec. 27, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1976
Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 27, effective March 10, 1976. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 120, effective June 21, 1974.
(2) No person who was a candidate for nomination for any office in a primary and who, before the succeeding regular election, is declared by the judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction to have violated, in the primary, any provision of KRS Chapter 121, or to be responsible for such violation by others, shall have his or her name placed on ballots for any office to be voted for in the succeeding regular election.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 118.345
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
(3) This section does not apply to presidential preference primary candidates.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 54, effective June 29, 2021. — Amended
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch.
111, sec. 64, effective July 13, 1984; and ch. 185, sec. 19, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 394, sec. 27, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1976
Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 27, effective March 10, 1976. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 120, effective June 21, 1974.