118.115 Nominations for unexpired terms -- Grouping of candidates on ballot

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-- Ineligibility of Senior Status Special Judge.

(1)Except as provided in KRS 83A.045(2)(b) governing vacancies in candidacy,

candidates for unexpired terms to be filled at a regular election shall be

nominated at the primary next preceding the regular election, if the vacancy

occurred not less than one hundred sixty

(160)days before the primary.

(2)If the vacancy occurred less than one hundred sixty

(160)days before the

primary, the nomination shall be made in a manner determined by the

governing authority of the political party concerned as defined in KRS 118.015.

Certificates of nomination shall be filed as required with the Secretary of State

or county clerk not later than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June

preceding the day fixed by law for the election.

(3)If the vacancy occurs after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June

preceding the day fixed by law for the election, but not less than three

months before the regular election, the nomination shall be made in a manner

determined by the governing authority of the political party concerned as

defined in KRS 118.015. Certificates of nomination shall be filed as required

with the Secretary of State or county clerk not later than the second Tuesday in

August preceding the regular election sought.

(4)Independent, political organization, or political group candidates filing to fill a

vacancy for an unexpired term shall be governed by KRS 118.375.

(5)In the preparation of ballots, candidates for full terms shall be grouped

together, and candidates for unexpired terms shall be grouped together, under

appropriate headings, so that the voter may easily distinguish the candidates

for full terms from the candidates for unexpired terms.

(6)A judge who elected to retire as a Senior Status Special Judge in accordance

with KRS 21.580 shall not become a candidate or a nominee for any elected

office during the five

(5)year term prescribed in KRS 21.580(1)(a)1., regardless

of the number of days served by the judge acting as a Senior Status Special

Judge.