{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-116.055","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 116.055","heading":"Qualifications for voting in a primary.","body":"(1) Before a person shall be qualified to vote in a primary, he or she:\n(a) Shall possess all the qualifications required of voters in a regular election;\n(b) Shall have been a registered member of the party in whose primary he or she\nseeks to vote on December 31 immediately preceding the primary; and\n(c) Shall have remained continuously registered as a member of that party in\nwhose primary he or she seeks to vote between December 31 immediately\npreceding the primary and the date set for the primary.\n(2) In the case of a new registration made after December 31 immediately preceding the\nprimary, a voter shall have registered and remained continuously registered as a\nmember of the party in whose primary he or she seeks to vote from the date of\nregistration until the date set for the primary.\n(3) Any voter who withdraws his or her registration after December 31 immediately\npreceding the primary, and reregisters as a voter with a different party affiliation,\nduring those periods that the registration books are open i mmediately preceding the\nprimary, shall not be eligible to vote in the upcoming primary.\n(4) No person shall be allowed to vote for any party candidates or slates of candidates\nother than that of the party of which he or she is a registered member.\n(5) The qualifications shall be determined as of the date of the primary, without regard\nto the qualifications or disqualifications as they may exist at the succeeding regular\nelection, except that minors seventeen (17) years of age who will become eighteen\n(18) years of age on or before the day of the regular election shall be entitled to vote\nin the primary if otherwise qualified. However, any registered voter, whether\nregistered as a member of a party, political organization, political group, or as an\nindependent, shall be qualified to vote in a primary for candidates listed in all\nnonpartisan races.","path":["KRS Chapter 116"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48900","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:11Z","sha256":"e40f35e616afc8a867e5fb3fb30d5c86eaed89bed2f5f488c3a48cb86ab08352","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-116.050","next":"us-ky/krs-116.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}