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DAVIS v. DELAHANTY

551 S.W.2d 227 (1977)

Drexell DAVIS, Secretary of State and Bremer Ehrler, Jefferson County Court Clerk, Appellants, v. Robert E. DELAHANTY, Richard J. Fitzgerald, and William E. McAnulty, Jr., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., George M. Geoghegan, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, J. Bruce Miller, County Atty., Jefferson County, Jack R. Underwood, Jr., James T. Carey, Asst. County Attys., Louisville, for appellants.

Thomas L. Hogan, Louisville, for appellees.

William T. Warner, Louisville, for amicus curiae Louisville Bar Assn.

PALMORE, Justice.

Section 117 of the Kentucky Constitution, a part of the 1975 Judicial Amendment, provides that all judges in the judicial system "shall be elected from their respective districts or circuits on a nonpartisan basis as provided by law." Pursuant to that section the 1976 General Assembly enacted KRS Chapter 118A covering the election of judges. Ch. 54, Acts of 1976, effective March 10, 1976. KRS 118A.060 and 118A.070 provide a primary-election process...

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