KRS 118A.150: Certification of candidates -- Ballots -- Effect of death, disqualification,

or withdrawal of candidate -- Penalty.

(1) In certification of candidates for judicial office, no reference shall be made to

political affiliation.

(2) The Secretary of State shall not knowingly certify to the county clerk of any county

the name of any candidate who has not filed the required nomination or candidacy

papers, nor knowingly fail to certify the name of any candidate who has filed the

required nomination or candidacy papers.

(3) No county clerk shall knowingly cause to be printed on any ballots or absentee

ballots for any election, the name of a candidate for an office of the Court of Justice

who has not been certified in the manner specified in this chapter.

(4) If, before the time of certification of candidates who will appear on the ballot

provided for in this chapter, any candidate whose petition or certificate of

nomination or petition for candidacy has been filed, dies, is disqualified, or notifies

the Secretary of State in writing, signed and properly notarized, that he or she will

not accept the nomination or election, the Secretary of State shall not certify his or

her name.

(5) If, after the certification of candidates who will appear on the ballot , any candidate

whose petition or certificate of nomination or petition for candidacy has been filed,

dies, is disqualified, or notifies the Secretary of State in the manner described in

subsection (4) of this section, that he or she will not accept the no mination or

election, the Secretary of State shall immediately notify the appropriate county

clerk, and the clerk shall ensure that notice is provided to the appropriate precincts

as provided in subsection (7) of this section.

(6) If after the certificatio n of candidates who will appear on the ballot, any candidate

whose name appears on the ballot shall withdraw, be disqualified, or die, neither the

precinct election officers nor the county board of elections shall disclose or report

on the official certifi cation of the votes cast for the candidate; and, in a primary, if

there are only one (1) or two (2) remaining candidates on the ballot for that office,

following the withdrawal, disqualification, or death of the other candidate or

candidates, neither the p recinct election officers nor the county board of elections

shall disclose or report on the official certification of the votes for the remaining

candidate or candidates, and the officer with whom the remaining candidate or

candidates has filed his or her nomination papers shall immediately issue and file in

his or her office a certificate of nomination for that remaining candidate or

candidates and send a copy to the remaining candidate or candidates.

(7) If, after the certification of candidates who will appear on the ballot, any candidate

whose name appears on the ballot shall withdraw pursuant to KRS 118.212, be

disqualified, or die, the county clerk shall provide notices to the precinct election

officers who shall see that a notice is conspicuously disp layed at the polling place

advising voters of the change, and that votes for the candidate shall not be disclosed

or reported. If the county clerk learns of the death, disqualification, or withdrawal at

least five (5) days prior to the election and provide s the notices required by this

subsection and the precinct officers fail to post the notices at the polling place, the

officers shall be guilty of a violation, subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars

($10) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).