Background
The Libertarian Party of Kentucky, referred to as "LPKY", is the official state affiliate of the Libertarian Party (United States). The purpose of the Party is to promote libertarianism and elect candidates to office. The Kentucky affiliate has existed since 1974, and is the third-largest political party in Kentucky. Since the Kentucky Secretary of State's office officially began asking county clerks to track the number of Libertarian voter registrations in 2006, via 31 KAR 4:150, 2,816 people have successfully registered as of January 2013 . A number of counties throughout the state are known to be improperly registering Libertarian voters as "Other", making it difficult for the party to find their members throughout the state.
The Libertarian Party is considered, under Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 118, to be a political group. Political groups are those whose candidate for president received less than 2% of the popular vote in the state of Kentucky in the last general election. A political group does not have automatic ballot access, meaning they must collect signatures on a petition for candidates that wish to run for office. Kentucky's ballot access rules require a different number of signatures based on the office being sought.
Prior to 2006, most Libertarian candidates for office received about 2% of the vote in any three-way race. After 2006, some Libertarian candidates have been able to reach 5% of the vote.
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