KRS 118.601: Notification of nominees by Secretary of State -- Order of names on ballot -

- Certification of candidates.

(1) The Secretary of State shall contact each person who has been nominated by

petition, or who has been nominated pursuant to KRS 118.59 1(5) and (6), and

notify him or her in writing by certified mail, with return receipt requested, that his

or her name will appear as a candidate on the Kentucky presidential primary ballot

of his or her party.

(2) The order in which the names of candidates for a presidential preference primary are

to be printed on the ballot shall be determined by lot at a public drawing in the

office of the Secretary of State at 2 p.m., standard time, on the Thursday following

the filing deadline for the presidential prefe rence primary as established in KRS

118.591.

(3) Not later than the date set forth in KRS 118.215(1)(a) preceding the presidential

preference primary, and after the order of the names has been determined as

provided by subsection (2) of this section, the Secretary of State shall certify to each

county clerk the name, place of residence, and party of each candidate, as specified

in the notice of candidacy forms or petitions filed with the Secretary of State and

shall designate the device with which the candi dates of each party shall be printed,

in the order in which they are to appear on the ballot, with precedence to be given to

the party that polled the highest number of votes at the preceding election for

presidential electors, followed by the political pa rty which received the second

highest number of votes.