118.015 Definitions.
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<![CDATA[118.015 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: <br>(1) A "political party" is an affiliation or organization of electors representing a political policy and having a constituted authority for its government and regulation, <br>and whose candidate received at least twenty percent (20%) of the total vote cast at <br>the last preceding election at which presidential electors were voted for; (2) The word "election" used in reference to a state, district, county, or city election, includes the decisions of questions submitted to the qualified voters as well as the <br>choice of officers by them; (3) A "ballot" or "official ballot" means the voting machine ballot label, ballot cards, paper ballots, an absentee ballot, or a supplemental paper ballot which has been <br>authorized for the use of the voters in any primary, general, or special election by <br>the Secretary of State or the county clerk; (4) "Ballot label" means the cards, papers, booklet, pages, or other material on which appear the names of candidates and the questions to be voted on by means of ballot <br>cards or voting machines; (5) "Ballot card" means a tabulating card on which votes may be recorded by a voter by use of a voting punch device or by marking with a pen or special marking device; (6) "Voting machine" or "machine" shall include lever machines and, as far as applicable, any electronic or electromechanical unit and supplies utilized or relied <br>upon by a voter in casting and recording his votes in an election; (7) The word "resident" used in reference to a candidate in a state, district, county, or city election shall mean actual resident, without regard to the residence of the <br>spouse of the candidate; (8) "Political organization" means a political group not constituting a political party within the meaning of subsection (1) of this section but whose candidate received <br>two percent (2%) or more of the vote of the state at the last preceding election for <br>presidential electors; and (9) "Political group" means a political group not constituting a political party or a political organization within the meaning of subsections (1) and (8) of this section. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 48, sec. 35, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 295, sec. 2, <br>effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 360, sec. 41, effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 402, <br>sec. 6, effective January 1, 1984. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 252, <br>effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 1, <br>effective March 19, 1977. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 97, effective June <br>21, 1974. ]]>