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AN ACT relating to elections. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 118.225 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) [For the purpose of determining ]The order of[in which] the names of candidates or 4
slates of candidates to be voted for by the electors of the entire state shall be 5
determined by lot and certified and printed on the ballots with the designation of 6
the respective offices.[,] The Secretary of State shall prepare lists of the counties of 7
each congressional district of the state and, for each congressional district,[.] the 8
Secretary of State shall draw from[arrange] the names[surnames] of all candidates 9
or slates of candidates for each office to determine the order in which they shall 10
appear on the ballot[in alphabetical order for the First Congressional District, and 11
the names shall be certified in this order to the county clerks of all the counties 12
comprising that district. For each succeeding congressional district, taken in 13
numerical order, the name appearing first for each office in the last preceding 14
district shall be placed last, and the name appearing second in the last preceding 15
district shall be placed first, and each other name shall be moved up one (1) place]. 16
The order of names of the candidates or slates of candidates for each 17
congressional district[lists] shall be certified to the county clerks of all the 18
counties that comprise the district[accordingly]. 19
(2) For all other offices for which nomination papers and petitions are filed with the 20
Secretary of State, the order of names of candidates for each office shall be 21
determined by lot at a public drawing to be held in the office of the Secretary of 22
State at 2 p.m., standard time, on the Thursday following the filing deadline for the 23
primary as established in KRS 83A.045, 118.165, and 118A.060 or the Thursday 24
following the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June preceding the regular 25
election. 26
(3) For all offices for which nomination papers and petitions are filed in the office of 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 2072
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the county clerk, the order in which the names of candidates for each office are to 1
be printed on the ballot shall be determined by lot at a public drawing in the office 2
of the county clerk at 2 p.m., standard time, on the Thursday following the filing 3
deadline for the primary as established in KRS 83A.045, 118.165, and 118A.060 or 4
the Thursday following the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June preceding 5
the regular election. 6
(4) For all offices for which the deadline for filing nomination papers and petitions is 7
governed by KRS 83A.165(4)(c) or 118.375(2), the order in which the names of 8
candidates for each office are to be printed shall be determined by lot at a public 9
drawing in the office at the place of filing at 2 p.m., standard time, on the Thursday 10
following the second Tuesday in August preceding the regular election. 11
(5) If the number of certified candidates or slates of candidates cannot be placed on a 12
ballot which can be accommodated on voting equipment currently in use in the 13
county, the county clerk shall notify the State Board of Elections, as provided in 14
KRS 118.215. 15