Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 118.136 (2026)

"Dummy" candidates prohibited

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No person shall file a notification and declaration to become a candidate in a primary election as a pretended, fictitious or "dummy" candidate for the purpose of influencing or controlling the selection of challengers or inspectors or officers of election, nor shall any person solicit, persuade, urge, influence or induce another person to file a notification and declaration with the intention that such person become a pretended, fictitious or "dummy" candidate for the purpose of influencing or controlling the selection of challengers or inspectors or officers of election. Effective: June 21, 1974 History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 103, effective June 21, 1974.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Dennis Horlander v. Nirupama Kulkarni (Ky. Ct. App. 2024).
Dennis Horlander v. Nirupama Kulkarni (Ky. Ct. App. 2024). “IT IS ORDERED that Kulkarni’s motion to dismiss the appeal for failing to invoke this Court’s jurisdiction is DENIED. pretended, fictitious or ‘dummy’ candidate for the purpose of influencing or controlling the selection of challengers or inspectors or officers of election[.”
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