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KRS 118.245

Number of votes necessary to nominate candidates -- Section not applicable to presidential primaries

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Current — November 19, 2020
As of August 1, 2020
(1) The candidate for office, other than the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, receiving the highest number of votes in a primary election for the office for which he is a candidate shall be the nominee of his party for that office and shall receive the certificate of nomination.
(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) The slate of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor receiving the highest number of votes in a primary shall be the nominees of that party for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and that slate of candidates shall receive the certificate of nomination.
(3) If two (2) or more candidates or slates of candidates in a primary election 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.
(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.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.