118.730 Writ for special election for member of General Assembly -- Location

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where voting to be conducted when only one candidate nominated --

Exceptions.

(1)When a vacancy exists in either house of the General Assembly during its session,

the presiding officer of the house in which the vacancy exists shall issue a writ of

election; when the General Assembly is not in session, the writ shall be issued by

the Governor. The writ shall be signed by the officer issuing it, shall designate the

day for holding the election, and shall be directed to the proper sheriff or sheriffs.

(2)If a writ of election has been issued to fill a vacancy in either house of the General

Assembly and only one

(1)candidate has been nominated under KRS 118.760 and

118.770 and no candidate has filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate

for the vacancy under KRS 117.265(2), the county clerks of the counties in the

territory in which the special election is to be held shall conduct voting in only one

(1)of the following:

(a)The county clerk's office; or

(b)Other place or places designated by the county board of elections and

approved by the State Board of Elections.

(3)Subsection

(2)of this section shall not apply when the writ of election calls for the

election to be held on either:

(a)The day of a primary or general election; or

(b)The same day as any other special election, except an uncontested special

election to fill a vacancy in either house of the General Assembly.