118.325 Nomination by convention or primary -- Vacancies -- Nominees by petition
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-- Ineligibility of Senior Status Special Judge.
(1)Any political organization not constituting a political party within the meaning of
KRS 118.015 but whose candidate received two percent (2%) of the vote of the
state at the last preceding election for presidential electors may nominate, by a
convention or primary held by the party in accordance with its constitution and
bylaws, candidates for any offices to be voted for at any regular election, except the
office of member of a board of education, for which nominations shall be made as
provided in KRS 160.220. Any political party, as defined in KRS 118.015, and any
political organization not constituting such a political party but whose candidate
received two percent (2%) of the vote of the state at the last preceding election for
presidential electors, may nominate, by a convention or primary held by the party or
organization in accordance with its constitution and bylaws, as many electors of
President and Vice President of the United States as this state is entitled to elect.
(2)The certificate of nomination by such a convention or primary shall be in writing,
shall contain the name of each person nominated, his or her residence, and the
office to which he or she is nominated, and shall designate a title for the party or
principle that such convention or primary represents, together with any simple
figure or device by which its list of candidates may be designated on the ballots.
The certificate shall be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the
convention, or by the chair and secretary of the county, city, or district committee,
who shall add to their signatures their respective places of residence, and
acknowledge the same before an officer duly authorized to administer oaths. A
certificate of the acknowledgment shall be appended to the certificate of
nomination. In the case of electors of President and Vice President of the United
States the certificate of nomination shall state the names of the candidates of the
party for President and Vice President.
(3)Any person desiring to become a candidate for an office, the nomination to which is
to be made by a convention pursuant to subsections
(1)and
(2)of this section,
except for the office of elector of President and Vice President of the United States,
shall file a statement with the official designated in KRS 118.165 with whom
notification and declaration forms are filed for the office. The form of the statement
shall be prescribed by the State Board of Elections. Such statement shall be filed as
prescribed by KRS 118.365.
(4)If the certificate of nomination of any state convention requests that the figure or
device selected by such convention be used to designate the candidates of such party
on the ballots for all elections throughout the state, that figure or device shall be
used until changed by request of a subsequent state convention of the same party.
The device may be any appropriate symbol other than the coat of arms or seal of
this state or of the United States, the national flag, or any other emblem common to
the people at large.
(5)In case of death, resignation, or removal of any such candidate subsequent to
nomination and before the certification of candidates for the regular election made
under KRS 118.215, the chair of the state, county, or city district committee shall
fill the vacancy, unless a supplemental certificate or petition of nomination is filed.
In the case of electors of President and Vice President of the United States, a
vacancy may be filled by the chair of the state committee at any time before the
meeting of the electors, whether the vacancy occurs before or after the election.
(6)If any political party entitled to nominate by convention fails to do so, the names of
all nominees by petition for any office who are designated in their petition as
members and candidates of that party shall be printed under the device and title on
the ballots as if nominated by a convention. If two
(2)or more persons who have
filed certificates of nomination under this section claim to be the nominee of the
same political party, the governing authority of that party shall designate to the
Secretary of State and county clerk, in writing, which of the candidates is entitled to
the party emblem. If there are two
(2)or more contending executive committees of
the same party in the county or district, the county or district executive committee
that is recognized by the state governing authority of the party, by the written
certificate of its chair, shall be recognized by the Secretary of State and county
clerk.
(7)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.