# KRS § 116.055: 116.055 Qualifications for voting in a primary > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.055 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 116.055 - **Heading:** 116.055 Qualifications for voting in a primary - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title X / Chapter 116 / Section 116.055 ## Text 116.055 Qualifications for voting in a primary. (1) Before a person shall be qualified to vote in a primary, he or she: (a) Shall possess all the qualifications required of voters in a regular election; (b) Shall have been a registered member of the party in whose primary he or she seeks to vote on December 31 immediately preceding the primary; and (c) Shall have remained continuously registered as a member of that party in whose primary he or she seeks to vote between December 31 immediately preceding the primary and the date set for the primary. (2) In the case of a new registration made after December 31 immediately preceding the primary, a voter shall have registered and remained continuously registered as a member of the party in whose primary he or she seeks to vote from the date of registration until the date set for the primary. (3) Any voter who withdraws his or her registration after December 31 immediately preceding the primary, and reregisters as a voter with a different party affiliation, during those periods that the registration books are open immediately preceding the primary, shall not be eligible to vote in the upcoming primary. (4) No person shall be allowed to vote for any party candidates or slates of candidates other than that of the party of which he or she is a registered member. (5) The qualifications shall be determined as of the date of the primary, without regard to the qualifications or disqualifications as they may exist at the succeeding regular election, except that minors seventeen (17) years of age who will become eighteen (18) years of age on or before the day of the regular election shall be entitled to vote in the primary if otherwise qualified. However, any registered voter, whether registered as a member of a party, political organization, political group, or as an independent, shall be qualified to vote in a primary for candidates listed in all nonpartisan races. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 116.013 116.013 "Voter" defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.013.md) - [KRS § 116.025 116.025 Eligibility to vote](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.025.md) - [KRS § 116.035 116.035 Determination of voter's residence](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.035.md) - [KRS § 116.037 116.037 Designation of precincts in area ceded or leased to the government of the United States](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.037.md) - [KRS § 116.045 116.045 Voter registration, transfer, or change of party affiliation -- Availability of forms](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.045.md) - [KRS § 116.046 116.046 Voter registration forms for public high schools, area technology centers, and private schools -- Public education program](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.046.md) - [KRS § 116.047 116.047 Forgery, alteration, destruction or failure to return completed registration form](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.047.md) - [KRS § 116.048 116.048 Voter registration agencies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.048.md) - [KRS § 116.055 116.055 Qualifications for voting in a primary](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.055.md) - [KRS § 116.065 116.065 Verification of applications](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.065.md) - [KRS § 116.085 116.085 Transfer of registration -- Change of residence -- Notification to voters following redistricting -- Name change](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.085.md) - [KRS § 116.095 116.095 Access to registration records -- Redaction of Social Security numbers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.095.md) - [KRS § 116.112 116.112 Voter registration purge program -- Inactive voter list](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.112.md) - [KRS § 116.113 116.113 Removal of voter's name by state board upon notice of death, declaration of incompetency, excusal from jury duty due to not being a citizen of the United States, conviction of felony, or out-of-state registration -- Notice to county clerk](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.113.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TX_C116_S116.055. 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