KENTUCKY CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE XI
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

§145 | PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE

Every citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years who has resided in the state one year, and in the county six months, and the precinct in which he offers to vote sixty days next preceding the election, shall be a voter in said precinct and not elsewhere but the following persons are excepted and shall not have the right to vote.

(1) Persons convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction of treason, or felony, or bribery in an election, or of such high misdemeanor as the General Assembly may declare shall operate as an exclusion from the right of suffrage, but persons hereby excluded may be restored to their civil rights by executive pardon.

(2) Persons who, at the time of the election, are in confinement under the judgment of a court for some penal offense.

(3) Idiots and insane persons.

§146 | SOLDIERS OR SAILORS STATIONED IN STATE ARE NOT RESIDENTS

No person in the military, naval or marine service of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this State by reason of being stationed within the same.

§147 | REGISTRATION OF VOTERS MANNER OF VOTING – ABSENT VOTING – VOTING MACHINES – ELECTION DEFINED – ELECTION LAWS – ILLITERATE AND DISABLED VOTERS

The General Assembly shall provide by law for the registration of all persons entitled to vote in cities and towns having a population of five thousand or more; and may provide by general law for the registration of other voters in the state. Where registration is required, only persons registered shall have the right to vote. The mode of registration shall be prescribed by the General Assembly. In all elections by persons in a representative capacity, the voting shall be viva voce and made a matter of record; but all elections by the people shall be by secret official ballot, furnished by public authority to the voters at the polls, and marked by each voter in private at the polls, and then and there deposited, or any person absent from the county of his legal residence, or from the state, may be permitted to vote in a manner provided by law. Counties so desiring may use voting machines, these machines to be installed at the expense of such counties. The word elections in this section includes the decision of questions submitted to the voters, as well as the choice of officers by them.

The General Assembly shall pass all necessary laws to enforce this section, and shall provide that persons illiterate, blind, or in any way disabled may have their ballots marked or voted as herein required.

§148 | NUMBER OF ELECTIONS – DAY AND HOURS OF ELECTION – QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS – EMPLOYEES TO BE GIVEN TIME TO VOTE

Not more than one election each year shall be held in this State or in any city, town, district, urban-county or county thereof, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. All regular elections of State, county, city, town, urban-county, or district officers shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. All elections by the people shall be between the hours of six o’clock a.m. and seven o’clock p.m., but the General Assembly may change said hours, and all officers of any election shall be residents and voters in the precinct in which they act.

The General Assembly shall provide by law that all employers shall allow employees, under reasonable regulations, at least four hours on election days, in which to cast their votes.

§149 | PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST DURING VOTING

Voters, in all cases except treason, felony, breach of surety of the peace, or violation of the election laws, shall be privileged from arrest during their attendance at elections, and while they are going to and returning therefrom.

§150 | DISQUALIFICATION FROM OFFICE FOR USING MONEY OR PROPERTY TO SECURE OR INFLUENCE ELECTION – CORPORATION NOT TO USE MONEY OR OTHER THING OF VALUE TO INFLUENCE ELECTION – EXCLUSION FROM OFFICE FOR CONVICTION OF FELONY OR HIGH MISDEMEANOR – LAWS TO REGULATE ELECTIONS

Every person shall be disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit for the term for which he shall have been elected who shall be convicted of having given, or consented to the giving, offer or promise of any money or other thing of value, to procure his election, or to influence the vote of any voter at such election; and if any corporation shall, directly or indirectly, offer, promise or give, or shall authorize, directly or indirectly, any person to offer, promise or give any money or any thing of value to influence the result of any election in this State, or the vote of any voter authorized to vote therein, or who shall afterward reimburse or compensate, in any manner whatever, any person who shall have offered, promised or given any money or other thing of value to influence the result of any election or the vote of any such voter, such corporation, if organized under the laws of this Commonwealth, shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit its charter and all rights, privileges and immunities thereunder; and if chartered by another State and doing business in this State, whether by license, or upon mere sufferance, such corporation, upon conviction of either of the offenses aforesaid, shall forfeit all right to carry on any business in this State; and it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this section. All persons shall be excluded from office who have been, or shall hereafter be, convicted of a felony, or of such high misdemeanor as may be prescribed by law, but such disability may be removed by pardon of the Governor. The privilege of free suffrage shall be supported by laws regulating elections, and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influence thereon, from power, bribery, tumult or other improper practices.

§151 | PERSON GUILTY OF FRAUD, INTIMIDATION, BRIBERY, OR CORRUPT PRACTICE TO BE DEPRIVED OF OFFICE BY SUITABLE STATUTORY MEANS

The General Assembly shall provide suitable means for depriving of office any person who, to procure his nomination or election, has, in his canvass or election, been guilty of any unlawful use of money, or other thing of value, or has been guilty of fraud, intimidation, bribery, or any other corrupt practice, and he shall be held responsible for acts done by others with his authority, or ratified by him.

§152 | VACANCIES – WHEN FILLED BY APPOINTMENT, WHEN BY ELECTION – WHO TO FILL

Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, vacancies in all elective offices shall be filled by election or appointment, as follows: If the unexpired term will end at the next succeeding annual election at which either city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, the office shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the term. If the unexpired term will not end at the next succeeding annual election at which either city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, and if three months intervene before said succeeding annual election at which either city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, the office shall be filled by appointment until said election, and then said vacancy shall be filled by election for the remainder of the term. If three months do not intervene between the happening of said vacancy and the next succeeding election at which city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, the office shall be filled by appointment until the second succeeding annual election at which city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected; and then, if any part of the term remains unexpired, the office shall be filled by election until the regular time for the election of officers to fill said offices. Vacancies in all offices for the State at large, or for districts larger than a county, shall be filled by appointment of the Governor; all other appointments shall be made as may be prescribed by law. No person shall ever be appointed a member of the General Assembly, but vacancies therein may be filled at a special election, in such manner as may be provided by law.

§153 | POWER OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS TO ELECTIONS

Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the General Assembly shall have power to provide by general law for the manner of voting, for ascertaining the result of elections and making due returns thereof, for issuing certificates or commissions to all persons entitled thereto, and for the trial of contested elections.

§154 | LAWS AS TO SALE OR GIFT OF LIQUOR ON ELECTION DAYS

The General Assembly shall prescribe such laws as may be necessary for the restriction or prohibition of the sale or gift of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors on election days.

§155 | SCHOOL ELECTIONS NOT GOVERNED BY CONSTITUTION

The provisions of Sections 145 to 154, inclusive, shall not apply to the election of school trustees and other common school district elections.

Said elections shall be regulated by the General Assembly, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution.

§156 | (REPEALED 1994)

Catchline read at time of repeal:

“Cities divided into six classes – General laws to be made for each class – Population limits for classes – Assignment to classes – Organization of cities.”

§156a | GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE FOR CREATION, GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE, AND CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES

The General Assembly may provide for the creation, alteration of boundaries, consolidation, merger, dissolution, government, functions, and officers of cities. The General Assembly shall create such classifications of cities as it deems necessary based on population, tax base, form of government, geography, or any other reasonable basis and enact legislation relating to the classifications. All legislation relating to cities of a certain classification shall apply equally to all cities within the same classification. The classification of all cities and the law pertaining to the classifications in effect at the time of adoption of this section shall remain in effect until otherwise provided by law.

§156b | GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZED TO PERMIT MUNICIPAL HOME RULE FOR CITIES

The General Assembly may provide by general law that cities may exercise any power and perform any function within their boundaries that is in furtherance of a public purpose of a city and not in conflict with a constitutional provision or statute.

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KENTUCKY CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE XI
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

§145 | PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE

§146 | SOLDIERS OR SAILORS STATIONED IN STATE ARE NOT RESIDENTS

§147 | REGISTRATION OF VOTERS MANNER OF VOTING – ABSENT VOTING – VOTING MACHINES – ELECTION DEFINED – ELECTION LAWS – ILLITERATE AND DISABLED VOTERS

§148 | NUMBER OF ELECTIONS – DAY AND HOURS OF ELECTION – QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS – EMPLOYEES TO BE GIVEN TIME TO VOTE

§149 | PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST DURING VOTING

§150 | DISQUALIFICATION FROM OFFICE FOR USING MONEY OR PROPERTY TO SECURE OR INFLUENCE ELECTION – CORPORATION NOT TO USE MONEY OR OTHER THING OF VALUE TO INFLUENCE ELECTION – EXCLUSION FROM OFFICE FOR CONVICTION OF FELONY OR HIGH MISDEMEANOR – LAWS TO REGULATE ELECTIONS

§151 | PERSON GUILTY OF FRAUD, INTIMIDATION, BRIBERY, OR CORRUPT PRACTICE TO BE DEPRIVED OF OFFICE BY SUITABLE STATUTORY MEANS

§152 | VACANCIES – WHEN FILLED BY APPOINTMENT, WHEN BY ELECTION – WHO TO FILL

§153 | POWER OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS TO ELECTIONS

§154 | LAWS AS TO SALE OR GIFT OF LIQUOR ON ELECTION DAYS

§155 | SCHOOL ELECTIONS NOT GOVERNED BY CONSTITUTION

§156 | (REPEALED 1994)

§156a | GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE FOR CREATION, GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE, AND CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES

§156b | GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZED TO PERMIT MUNICIPAL HOME RULE FOR CITIES

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Text as Ratified on:	Nov. 8, 1955.
History:	1955 amendment was proposed by 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 1; original version ratified Aug. 3, 1891, and revised Sept. 28, 1891.

Text as Ratified on:	Aug. 3, 1891, and revised Sept. 28, 1891.
History:	Not yet amended.

Text as Ratified on:	Nov. 6, 1945.
History:	1945 amendment was proposed by 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 1; 1941 amendment was proposed by 1940 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 1, and ratified on Nov. 4, 1941; original version ratified Aug. 3, 1891, and revised Sept. 28, 1891.

Text as Ratified on:	Nov. 3, 1992.
History:	1992 amendment was proposed by 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 1; original version ratified Aug. 3, 1891, and revised Sept. 28, 1891.

KENTUCKY CONSTITUTIONARTICLE XISUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

§145 | PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE

§146 | SOLDIERS OR SAILORS STATIONED IN STATE ARE NOT RESIDENTS

§147 | REGISTRATION OF VOTERS MANNER OF VOTING – ABSENT VOTING – VOTING MACHINES – ELECTION DEFINED – ELECTION LAWS – ILLITERATE AND DISABLED VOTERS

§148 | NUMBER OF ELECTIONS – DAY AND HOURS OF ELECTION – QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS – EMPLOYEES TO BE GIVEN TIME TO VOTE

§149 | PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST DURING VOTING

§150 | DISQUALIFICATION FROM OFFICE FOR USING MONEY OR PROPERTY TO SECURE OR INFLUENCE ELECTION – CORPORATION NOT TO USE MONEY OR OTHER THING OF VALUE TO INFLUENCE ELECTION – EXCLUSION FROM OFFICE FOR CONVICTION OF FELONY OR HIGH MISDEMEANOR – LAWS TO REGULATE ELECTIONS

§151 | PERSON GUILTY OF FRAUD, INTIMIDATION, BRIBERY, OR CORRUPT PRACTICE TO BE DEPRIVED OF OFFICE BY SUITABLE STATUTORY MEANS

§152 | VACANCIES – WHEN FILLED BY APPOINTMENT, WHEN BY ELECTION – WHO TO FILL

§153 | POWER OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS TO ELECTIONS

§154 | LAWS AS TO SALE OR GIFT OF LIQUOR ON ELECTION DAYS

§155 | SCHOOL ELECTIONS NOT GOVERNED BY CONSTITUTION

§156 | (REPEALED 1994)

§156a | GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE FOR CREATION, GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE, AND CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES

§156b | GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZED TO PERMIT MUNICIPAL HOME RULE FOR CITIES

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