KRS 118.365: Time for filing certificates and petitions of nomination --

Statement-of-candidacy forms -- Petitions for recall elections or elections

on public questions.

(1) Certificates of nomination issued by the State Board of Elections shall be filed

by that board with the Secretary of State immediately. The certificates issued

by the county board of elections shall be filed by that board with the county

clerk immediately.

(2) Petitions of nomination for candidates for city offices except as provided in

KRS 83A.047, for candidates for members of boards of education, and for

candidates for supervisors of soil and water conservation districts shall be filed

with the county clerk not earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday

in November of the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on

the ballot and not later than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June

preceding the day fixed by law for the holding of regular elections for the offices

sought.

(3) Candidates for an office, the nomination to which is to be made by a

convention pursuant to KRS 118.325(1) and (2), except for the office of

electors of President and Vice President of the United States, shall file the

statements required by KRS 118.325(3), with the official designated in KRS

118.165 with whom notification and declaration are filed for the office, not

earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year

preceding the year in which the office will appear on the ballot and not later

than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June preceding the regular

election for the office sought.

(4) Certificates of nomination made by the governing authority of a political party

within the meaning of KRS 118.015 or a political organization not constituting a

political party within the meaning of KRS 118.015 but whose candidate

received two percent (2%) of the vote of the state at the last preceding election

for presidential electors to fill vacancies in office, as provided in KRS 118.115

and 118.325, shall be filed as required with the Secretary of State or county

clerk.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in this section, petitions of nomination shall be

filed as required with the Secretary of State or county clerk not earlier than the

first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the

year in which the offices will appear on the ballot and not later than the first

Tuesday after the first Monday in June preceding the day fixed by law for the

holding of regular elections for the offices sought. The filing of petitions of

nomination for independent, or political organization, or political group

candidates shall not be accepted by the Secretary of State or the county clerk if

the candidate has not filed a statement-of-candidacy form as required by KRS

118.367.

(6) Petitions and certificates of nomination for electors of President and Vice

President of the United States shall be filed with the Secretary of State not

earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year

preceding the year in which there is an election for President and Vice

President of the United States and not later than the Friday following the first

Tuesday in September preceding the date fixed by law for the election of the

electors.

(7) Petitions for recall elections or elections on public questions shall be filed as

required with the county clerk not later than the second Tuesday in August

preceding the day fixed by law for holding a regular election.

(8) Petitions of any kind named in this section, statements, and certificates of

nomination shall be filed no later than 4 p.m. local time at the place of filing

when filed on the last date on which papers are permitted to be filed.