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118.225 Determination of order of names on ballot.

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118.225 Determination of order of names on ballot. (1) For the purpose of determining the order in which the names of candidates or slates of candidates to be voted for by the electors of the entire state shall be certified and <br>printed on the ballots with the designation of the respective offices, the Secretary of <br>State shall prepare lists of the counties of each congressional district of the state. He <br>shall arrange the surnames of all candidates or slates of candidates for each office in <br>alphabetical order for the First Congressional District, and the names shall be <br>certified in this order to the county clerks of all the counties comprising that district. <br>For each succeeding congressional district, taken in numerical order, the name <br>appearing first for each office in the last preceding district shall be placed last, and <br>the name appearing second in the last preceding district shall be placed first, and <br>each other name shall be moved up one (1) place. The lists shall be certified <br>accordingly. (2) For all other offices for which nomination papers and petitions are filed with the Secretary of State, the order of names of candidates for each office shall be <br>determined by lot at a public drawing to be held in the office of the Secretary of <br>State at 2 p.m., standard time, on the Thursday following the last Tuesday in <br>January preceding the primary or the Thursday following the second Tuesday in <br>August preceding the general election. (3) For all offices for which nomination papers and petitions are filed in the office of the county clerk, the order in which the names of candidates for each office are to <br>be printed on the ballot shall be determined by lot at a public drawing in the office <br>of the county clerk at 2 p.m., standard time, on the Thursday following the last <br>Tuesday in January before the primary or the Thursday following the second <br>Tuesday in August preceding the general election. (4) If the number of certified candidates or slates of candidates cannot be placed on a ballot which can be accommodated on voting machines currently in use in the <br>county, the county clerk shall notify the State Board of Elections, as provided in <br>KRS 118.215. Effective: July 15, 2008 <br>History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 288, sec. 40, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 296, sec. 10, effective July 14, <br>1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 43, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended <br>1986 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 26, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 185, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 394, sec. 22, <br>effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 10, <br>effective March 19, 1977. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 112, effective June <br>21, 1974.