Kentucky Statutes § 118.305 Persons entitled to have name on ballot - Certification of names of candidates - Eligibility of candidates defeated in primary - Notification of vacancy in elective office - Ineligibility of Senior Status Special Judge

(a) Candidates of a political party, as defined in KRS 118.015 , who have received certificates of nomination at the preceding primary, or certificates of nomination under KRS 118.185 , and whose certificates of nomination have been filed with the Secretary of State or the appropriate county clerk;

(b) Candidates of a political party, as defined in KRS 118.015 , who have been nominated for an unexpired term in a manner determined by the governing authority of the party, as provided in KRS 118.115 , and whose evidences of nomination have been filed with the Secretary of State or the appropriate county clerk within the time prescribed in this chapter;

(c) Candidates of a political party, as defined in KRS 118.015 , who have been nominated by the governing authority of the party to fill a vacancy in the candidacy of a person nominated at the preceding primary, as provided in KRS 118.105 , and whose certificates of nomination have been filed with the Secretary of State or the appropriate county clerk, by at least the date provided by the election law generally for such filing;

(d) Candidates who have been nominated by a political organization as provided in KRS 118.325 and whose certificates or petitions of nomination have been filed with the Secretary of State or the appropriate county clerk within the time prescribed in this chapter;

(e) Independent candidates who have been nominated by petition as provided in KRS 118.315 , and whose petitions of nomination have been filed with the Secretary of State or the appropriate county clerk within the time prescribed in this chapter;

(f) Successful nominees of all nonpartisan primaries which shall have been conducted;

(g) Candidates who have filed a petition of candidacy as shall be required to fill a vacancy which shall appear on the ballot;

(h) The county clerk shall determine whether the name of any replacement candidate who has been nominated as provided in KRS 118.105 (5) may be placed on the ballot and whether any voting equipment may be reprogrammed to count the votes cast for that candidate, or whether the ballot must be reprinted to accommodate votes cast for any replacement candidate, and shall take the appropriate action to accommodate the replacement of any candidate. If the county clerk determines that the name of any replacement candidate cannot be accommodated on the existing ballot and if there is insufficient time before the election to reprint the entire ballot, the county clerk shall request approval to use supplemental paper ballots for voting for that office only in the same manner as permitted for other situations in KRS 118.215 (5) , and, if approved, shall have an adequate number of supplemental paper ballots printed for voting for that office and only votes cast for that office by means of the supplemental paper ballots shall be tabulated and recorded by the precinct election officers and county board of elections. All actions by a county clerk, the State Board of Elections, and the Secretary of State which are necessary to provide for voting at a regular election for candidates nominated pursuant to KRS 118.105 (5) shall be carried out with all possible speed. When a candidate has been replaced as provided in KRS 118.105 (5) after absentee and federal provisional absentee ballots have been printed and distributed for the regular election, neither the precinct election officers nor the county board of elections shall tabulate or record any absentee or federal provisional absentee votes cast for the candidate who was replaced. If ballots are reprinted or supplemental paper ballots are printed, or if voting equipment must be reprogrammed to count the votes cast for a replacement candidate, the costs for the printing and reprogramming shall be paid by the political party who has nominated a replacement candidate, or proportionately by each political party if each party nominates a replacement candidate;

(i) Candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, of those political parties and organizations who have nominated presidential electors as provided in KRS 118.325 , if the certificate of nomination of the electors has been filed with the Secretary of State within the time prescribed in this chapter;

(j) Candidates for soil and water district supervisors who have been nominated by petition as provided in KRS 262.210 ; and

(k) Candidates for city office for which no nonpartisan primary has been conducted in a city which requires nonpartisan city elections.