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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 118.170 (2026)

Repealed, 1972

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Form of ballot -- Party emblems -- Method of indicating public questions. History: Repealed 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 69, effective December 1, 1972. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 169, secs. 1 and 3; and ch. 174, sec. 5. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1459, 1460, 1461, 1462.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1944–1969 · leading case: City of Newport v. Gugel, 342 S.W.2d 517 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960).
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City of Newport v. Gugel, 342 S.W.2d 517 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). “One of the major grounds asserted by the appellant city for holding the ordinance invalid is that the county court clerk caused to be printed upon the absentee ballots and upon the voting machine labels, above the formal statement of the proposition to be voted upon, the words…”
Gatewood v. Matthews, 403 S.W.2d 716 (Ky. Ct. App. 1966). “161, as follows: "Are you in favor of reforming the Constitution of the Commonwealth to cause same to be in the same form and language as finally submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly of Kentucky by the Constitution Revision Assembly and set forth in Senate Bill No.”
Mann v. Cornett, 445 S.W.2d 853 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “” In supplementing the latter ruling the trial court directed that Cornett’s name be listed with all other Democratic candidates as provided in KRS 118.170(1) and (2) and KRS 125.070. The effect of this ruling, of course, would be that Cornett’s name would appear under the…”
Turner v. Bd. of Educ., 266 S.W.2d 321 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “” KRS 118.170., It is a familiar rule that if the intention of a voter can be reasonably ascertained, the ballot should be counted.”
Smith v. Hatcher, Sec'y of State, 223 S.W.2d 182 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). “y of State, not less than fifty days before the next regular election at which members of the General Assembly are to be chosen, shall certify the substance of the amendment, as stated and certified by the Attorney-General, to the county clerk of each county, and the county…”
Davidson v. White, 210 S.W.2d 943 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). “In so far as pertinent to the question involved, KRS 118.170 provides: “(1) * “(2) * “ (a) The lists of the candidates of the various parties shall be printed in parallel columns, in such order as the Secretary of State directs, precedence being given to the party that polled…”
Jefferson Co. Fiscal Court v. Theisen, Etc., 181 S.W.2d 436 (Ky. Ct. App. 1944). · cites it 2× “In the 1942 Act the substance of the old section 1460 of Carroll’s 1936 Statutes is contained in section 118.170 of KRS, but omitting the above-inserted clause to the old section that was put into it by the 1936 Act as above stated.”
Hales v. Langford, 446 S.W.2d 647 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 2× “KRS 118.170(2) (a) provides that under the name of each candidate a space must be left for a write-in vote in favor of someone else.”
Dobbins v. City of Louisville, 233 S.W.2d 423 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950). · cites it 2× “” Since the rendition of that opinion the statutory law has been altered by the enactment of KRS 118.170 (4) and 118.280(1). Those sections read: KRS 118.”
Just. v. Whitt, 194 S.W.2d 665 (Ky. Ct. App. 1946). “The primary purpose of the emblem or device is to enable voters who are unable to read to cast their ballots without the assistance of the election officers.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 118.170(1) — 1 case
Mann v. Cornett, 445 S.W.2d 853 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “” In supplementing the latter ruling the trial court directed that Cornett’s name be listed with all other Democratic candidates as provided in KRS 118.170(1) and (2) and KRS 125.070. The effect of this ruling, of course, would be that Cornett’s name would appear under the…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 118.170(2) — 1 case
Hales v. Langford, 446 S.W.2d 647 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “KRS 118.170(2) (a) provides that under the name of each candidate a space must be left for a write-in vote in favor of someone else.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 118.170(3) — 1 case
Gatewood v. Matthews, 403 S.W.2d 716 (Ky. Ct. App. 1966). “161, as follows: "Are you in favor of reforming the Constitution of the Commonwealth to cause same to be in the same form and language as finally submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly of Kentucky by the Constitution Revision Assembly and set forth in Senate Bill No.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 118.170(4) — 1 case
Dobbins v. City of Louisville, 233 S.W.2d 423 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950). “” Since the rendition of that opinion the statutory law has been altered by the enactment of KRS 118.170 (4) and 118.280(1). Those sections read: KRS 118.”
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