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Kentucky State Executive Elections in Even-Numbered Years Amendment (2024)
| Kentucky State Executive Elections in Even-Numbered Years Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Kentucky State Executive Elections in Even-Numbered Years Amendment was not on the ballot in Kentucky as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
This ballot measure would have changed the election date for state executive officials from odd-numbered years to even-numbered presidential election years beginning after the November 2027 election. The following offices would have had their elections moved from odd-numbered to even-numbered years: governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, auditor of public accounts, attorney general, secretary of state, and commissioner of agriculture, labor and statistics.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the ballot measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in Kentucky
- See also: Amending the Kentucky Constitution
A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Kentucky State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Kentucky House of Representatives and 23 votes in the Kentucky Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. The Legislature cannot add more than four constitutional amendments to one election ballot.
Amendment in the state Legislature
The amendment was introduced on January 2, 2024, as Kentucky Senate Bill 10. On January 17, 2024, the amendment passed the Senate by 26-9.[2]
| Vote in the Kentucky State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Three-fifths (60 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 23  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 26 | 9 | 3 |
| Total percent | 68.4% | 23.6% | 7.8% |
| Democrat | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Republican | 26 | 2 | 3 |
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State of Kentucky Frankfort (capital) |
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