Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1: Limits on pardons around gubernatorial elections
Kentucky · Constitutional amendment · Government · Statewide decision
Explanation reviewed 2026-10-27. AI-written and checked against linked official evidence; not an election-office summary.
AI-written summary
Would prohibit pardons, reprieves and sentence commutations from 60 days before a gubernatorial election through the fifth Tuesday afterward. The ballot question describes the endpoint as inauguration; the proposed constitutional text specifies the fifth Tuesday.
What applies now
Section 77 grants clemency powers without this election-period restriction, while retaining impeachment and treason exceptions and public reasons for decisions.
If yes / for
Add the election-period restriction on clemency.
If no / against
Retain the existing constitutional clemency authority.
Costs and funding
No verified fiscal estimate recorded in this baseline. This does not mean there is no cost.
Timing
Implementation date not independently established in this baseline.
Passage rule
A majority of votes cast for or against the amendment.
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Source notes
- The final act amends Section 77 only. An earlier fiscal note also mentions Section 240 and is not treated as a final-measure cost estimate.