118.760 Nominations of candidates for special elections.
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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).