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116.055 Qualifications for voting in primary election.

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116.055 Qualifications for voting in primary election. Before a person shall be qualified to vote in a primary election, he shall possess all the <br>qualifications required of voters in a regular election. In addition, he shall be a registered <br>member of the party in whose primary election he seeks to vote, and shall have been <br>registered as a member of that party on December 31 immediately preceding the primary <br>election, or, in the case of new registrations made after December 31 immediately <br>preceding the primary election, he shall have registered and remained registered as a <br>member of that party. No person shall be allowed to vote for any party candidates or <br>slates of candidates other than that of the party of which he is a registered member. The <br>qualifications shall be determined as of the date of the primary, without regard to the <br>qualifications or disqualifications as they may exist at the succeeding regular election, <br>except that minors seventeen (17) years of age who will become eighteen (18) years of <br>age on or before the day of the regular election shall be entitled to vote in the primary if <br>otherwise qualified. However, any registered voter, whether registered as a member of a <br>party, political organization, political group, or as an independent, shall be qualified to <br>vote in primary elections for candidates listed in all nonpartisan races. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 176, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 243, sec. 1, effective April 1, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 288, sec. 34, <br>effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 5, effective July 13, <br>1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 341, sec. 22, effective July 15, 1988. -- <br>Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 20, effective March 10, 1976. -- Created 1974 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 5, effective June 21, 1974.