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2021 Op. Ky. Att'y Gen. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.sag/sagky0055 and id is 1 raw text is: Daniel Cameron
Attorney General

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Commonwealth of Kentucky
Office of the Attorney General

Capitol Building, Suite 118
700 Capital Avenue
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
(502) 696-5300
Fax: (502) 564-2894

March 16, 2021
OAG 21-01
Whether under KRS 117.315(2) a candidate for circuit court clerk
may designate a challenger to be present at and witness the
holding of a primary or regular election.
Tonya Arnett Ward
Magoffin County Circuit Court Clerk
Aaron J. Silletto
Assistant Attorney General
A candidate for circuit court clerk may not designate a challenger
under KRS 117.315(2).

Opinion of the Attorney General
KRS 117.315(2) provides that any school board candidate, independent ticket
or candidate for city office, nonpartisan city candidate, or candidate for an office of
the Court of Justice may appoint a challenger in each precinct at any primary or
general election. KRS Chapter 117 does not define an office of the Court of Justice.
The Magoffin County Circuit Court Clerk asks whether, as a candidate for circuit
court clerk, she is a candidate for an office of the Court of Justice, as that phrase is
used in KRS 117.315(2), and therefore may designate an election challenger under
that statute. For the reasons below, it is the Attorney General's opinion that the office

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