118.245 Number of votes necessary to nominate candidates or slates -- Section not applicable to presidential primaries. (1) The candidate for office, other than the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, receiving the highest number of votes in a primary election for the office for which he is a candidate shall be the nominee of his party for that office and shall receive the certificate of nomination. (2) The slate of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor receiving the highest number of votes in a primary shall be the nominees of that party for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and that slate of candidates shall receive the certificate of nomination. (3) If two (2) or more candidates or slates of candidates in a primary election are found to have received the highest and an equal number of votes for nomination to the same office, the election shall be determined by lot in the manner the board directs, in the presence of not less than three (3) other persons. This section does not apply to presidential primaries. Effective: July 15, 2008 History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 288, sec. 41, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 63, effective July 13, 1984; and ch. 185, sec. 15, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 394, sec. 23, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 114, effective June 21, 1974.
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