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KENTUCKY STATUTES AND CODES
120.155 Contest of regular election of officers other than Governor, Lieutenant Governor, General Assembly member and certain city officers.
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120.155 Contest of regular election of officers other than Governor, Lieutenant Governor, General Assembly member and certain city officers. Any candidate for election to any state, county, district or city office (except the office of
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, member of the General Assembly, and those city offices
as to which there are other provisions made by law for determining contest elections), for
whom a number of votes was cast equal to not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the
number of votes cast for the successful candidate for the office, may contest the election
of the successful candidate, by filing a petition in the Circuit Court of the county where
the contestee resides, unless the officer is one (1) elected by the voters of the whole state,
in which case the petition shall be filed in the Franklin Circuit Court. The petition shall be
filed and process issued within thirty (30) days after the day of election; it shall state the
grounds of the contest relied on, and no other grounds shall afterwards be relied upon.
The contestee shall file an answer within twenty (20) days after the service of summons
upon him. The answer may consist of a denial of the averments of the petition and may
also set up grounds of contest against the contestant; if grounds are so set up they shall be
specifically pointed out and none other shall thereafter be relied upon by the party. Any
candidate who would have been qualified to bring a contest action under this section, who
is a party to a recount proceeding under KRS 120.185, may, by filing answer in the
recount proceeding within the time allowed by this section for filing grounds of contest,
set forth grounds of contest against the petitioner in the recount proceeding. A reply may
be filed within ten (10) days after the answer is filed; its affirmative allegations shall be
treated as controverted, and no subsequent pleading shall be allowed. History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 163.
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120.155 Contest of regular election of officers other than Governor, Lieutenant Governor, General Assembly member and certain city officers. Any candidate for election to any state, county, district or city office (except the office of
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, member of the General Assembly, and those city offices
as to which there are other provisions made by law for determining contest elections), for
whom a number of votes was cast equal to not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the
number of votes cast for the successful candidate for the office, may contest the election
of the successful candidate, by filing a petition in the Circuit Court of the county where
the contestee resides, unless the officer is one (1) elected by the voters of the whole state,
in which case the petition shall be filed in the Franklin Circuit Court. The petition shall be
filed and process issued within thirty (30) days after the day of election; it shall state the
grounds of the contest relied on, and no other grounds shall afterwards be relied upon.
The contestee shall file an answer within twenty (20) days after the service of summons
upon him. The answer may consist of a denial of the averments of the petition and may
also set up grounds of contest against the contestant; if grounds are so set up they shall be
specifically pointed out and none other shall thereafter be relied upon by the party. Any
candidate who would have been qualified to bring a contest action under this section, who
is a party to a recount proceeding under KRS 120.185, may, by filing answer in the
recount proceeding within the time allowed by this section for filing grounds of contest,
set forth grounds of contest against the petitioner in the recount proceeding. A reply may
be filed within ten (10) days after the answer is filed; its affirmative allegations shall be
treated as controverted, and no subsequent pleading shall be allowed. History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 163.
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