(1) Subject to KRS § 118.555, on the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May, in each presidential election year, the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall conduct presidential preference primary elections within each political party.
(2) Hours of voting shall be in accordance with KRS § 118.035.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 118.561

  • political party: is a n affiliation or organization of electors representing a political policy and having a constituted authority for its government and regulation, and whose candidate received at least twenty percent (20) of the total vote cast at the last preceding election at which presidential electors were voted for. See Kentucky Statutes 118.015
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) The cost of election, officials, and the entire method of conducting the presidential preference primary shall be in accordance with Kentucky statutory provisions on primary elections.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 262, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 431, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990. — Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch.
29, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986.