Nominations by political parties, as defined in KRS § 118.015, to fill vacancies at special elections shall be made in the manner determined by the governing authority of the party in the territory in which the election is to be held. An independent, or political organization, or political group candidate may be nominated at a special election by a petition of electors qualified to vote for him or her. The independent, or political organization, or political group candidate shall not be a registered member of a political party prior to the filing of the petition as prescribed in KRS § 118.770. The form of the petition and the required number of signatures on the petition are set forth in KRS
118.315(2).

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 118.760

  • Political group: means a political group not constituting a political party or a political organization within the meaning of subsections (1) and (10) of this section. See Kentucky Statutes 118.015
  • Political organization: means a political group not constituting a political party within the meaning of subsection (1) of this section but whose candidate received two percent (2) or more of the vote of the state at the last preceding election for presidential electors. See Kentucky Statutes 118.015
  • 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

Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 35, effective July 15,1986. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
130, sec. 152, effective June 21, 1974.

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