Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 118.245 — Number of votes necessary to nominate candidates -- Section not applicable to presidential primaries
118.245. Number of votes necessary to nominate candidates -- Section not applicable to presidential primaries
(1) The candidate for office receiving the highest number of votes in a primary for the office for which he or she is a candidate shall be the nominee of his or her party for that office and shall receive the certificate of nomination.
(2) If two (2) or more candidates in a primary are found to have received the highest and an equal number of votes for nomination to the same office, the election shall be determined by lot in the manner the board directs, in the presence of not less than three (3) other persons. This section does not apply to presidential primaries.
Source notes
Effective: July 15, 2020
History and annotations
Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2020. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 288, sec. 41, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 63, effective July 13, 1984; and ch. 185, sec. 15, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 394, sec. 23, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 114, effective June 21, 1974.
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