Candidate Filing Procedures

Filing to Run For Office?

FastTrack Elections

Need to find the appropriate filing forms to run for office?  Access them via the Kentucky Secretary of State's new FastTrack Elections application.  This new service makes available, 24 hours a day, candidate filing forms for those races that file with the Office of the Secretary of State and sample forms for those that file with local county clerks.  Click on the image to access this exciting new service.

Declaring Your Candidacy

The Office of the Secretary of State has recently updated a ballot access procedural manual titled “Declaring Your Candidacy..”.

This publication focuses primarily on candidate filing procedures, sample candidate filing forms for attaining ballot access, and qualifications for each elective office; however, we have also included other important and pertinent election information that will directly or indirectly affect your candidacy.

Please click on the image to view the ballot access procedural manual.