{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-242.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 242.070","heading":"Committee favoring or opposing local option proposition to certify","body":"challengers -- Challengers entitled to same privileges and subject to same\nduties and penalties as challengers in other elections -- Enforceability in\nCircuit Court and Court of Appeals.\n(1) Not more than twenty (20) days prior to an election held under this chapter, any\ngroup of citizens that in good faith favors or opposes the proposition to be\nsubmitted may file with the chair of the county board of elections a petition asking\nthat it be recognized as the committee entitled to certify challengers. If more than\none (1) group claims the right to certify challengers, the county board of elections\nshall promptly decide and publicly announce which committee is entitled to certify\nchallengers. That decision shall not be final, but any aggrieved party may appeal to\nthe county judge/executive, and upon hearing the county judge/executive shall\ndetermine which group shall be recognized.\n(2) (a) Each committee is entitled to have up to two (2) challengers at each precinct\nduring the holding of the election. Any group of citizens of the county may\nrecommend to a committee a list of persons whom they desire to have\nappointed as challengers in each precinct in the county. If more than two (2)\nsuch lists are furnished, the committee, in making appointments of\nchallengers, shall alternate between the several lists so furnished so as to give\nto each list an equal amount or proportion of the appointments. The committee\nshall not appoint more than one (1 ) challenger for any precinct from any one\n(1) list when multiple lists have been submitted. Any lists of challengers shall\nbe presented to the committee within twenty (20) days after the local option\npetition is filed with the county clerk, and the commit tee or its chair shall\nmake and certify the appointments and present a list of certified challengers to\nthe county clerk at least twenty (20) days before the date on which the local\noption election will be held.\n(b) The appointment of challengers shall be certified in all respects as challengers\nat regular elections, except as otherwise provided in this section. The\nchallengers shall be registered voters of the county in which the election is\nheld and shall be subject to the same penalties and possess the same rights and\nprivileges as challengers at regular elections, except that the challengers of\none (1) committee may not challenge a person because the person offered to\nvote in a way favorable to the other committee.\n(c) The provisions of this section shal l be enforceable against the chair of each\ncommittee by a mandatory summary proceeding instituted in the Circuit\nCourt. The order of the court may be reviewed by the Court of Appeals as\nprovided for the granting or dissolving of temporary injunctions.\n(3) The challengers shall perform their duties in the same manner and be subject to the\nsame privileges as other challengers at an election including those provided in KRS\n117.187 and 117.316 to 117.318.","path":["KRS Chapter 242"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=42441","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:52Z","sha256":"a7e242dd4068195fcd628de80d476cfcfe2d31768606b0a86ca313ee4c5eb9bf","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-242.060","next":"us-ky/krs-242.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}