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2022 Op. Ky. Att'y Gen. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.sag/sagky0056 and id is 1 raw text is: Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Attorney General Daniel Cameron Attorney General Capitol Building, Suite 118 700 Capital Avenue Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (502) 696-5300 Fax: (502) 564-2894 Subject: Requested by: Written by: Syllabus: January 4, 2022 OAG 22-01 Whether a county clerk may reject a candidate's nomination papers if the candidate does not also file the Statement of Spending Intent and Appointment of Campaign Treasurer form. Jason Denny, Anderson County Clerk President, Kentucky County Clerks Association Carmine G. Iaccarino General Counsel A clerk may not reject a candidate's nomination papers if the candidate does not also provide his or her Statement of Spending Intent and Appointment of Campaign Treasurer form. Opinion of the Attorney General The filing deadline for 2022 elections is January 7, 2022.1 See KRS 118.165; KRS 118A.060(2); KRS 83A.045. With that date fast approaching, and in the wake of legislative changes made by the 2019 General Assembly in its Regular Session, the Kentucky County Clerks Association asks whether a county clerk may reject a candidate's nomination papers-the form required to declare one's candidacy without also receiving that candidate's Statement of Spending Intent and Appointment of Campaign Treasurer form. For the reasons below, a clerk may not reject a candidate's nomination papers simply because the candidate does not also 1 The General Assembly may delay the filing deadline for 2022 elections.