State senator name Carl Carney won her Democratic primary race last month.

But the question now is, will those votes count?

And it's up to the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Kentucky Edition's June Leffler explains the case.

Democratic State Representative Neema Kulkarni took office in 2019.

In last month's primary election, voters in House District 40 overwhelmingly chose her to serve a fourth term.

There's no Republican opponent come November, but the Kentucky Supreme Court would have to sign off on that.

A former primary challenger filed suit this year to knock her off the ballot.

Dennis Hollander contends Kulkarni filed her candidacy wrong this year.

One of her signatories was a registered Republican.

They should have been a Democrat.

I say let it go.

Let the voters decide.

And the voters have clearly decided in this case by 80% of those voting that they want Representative Kulkarni to be their nominee.

One justice suggests Kulkarni is receiving unprecedented scrutiny.

I guess I'm just struggling with the policy behind the fact that this mistake, which was rectified three days later, is of such crucial importance to the orderly and legal management of campaign activity when there are so many other areas that just feel to me as candidate, I'm only speaking for myself to sort of just I don't know, we just kind of get to it.

When we get to it, maybe we don't even get to it at all.

An attorney for Hollander says Calacanis mistake is enough to disqualify her.

No Democrat has ever been able to nominate a Republican.

If you take your argument to the logical conclusion that there is no statute of limitations, which is the filing deadline or the date when the petition is signed, this court will, in effect, will effectively crack open our partizan primary system.

And Republicans can nominate Democrats and Democrats can nominate Republicans.

The seven justices will decide Kulkarni stays in office or not.

If the court disqualifies her, it will have to decide how to fill her vacancy.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm June Leffler.

Thank you, June, for that.

There is no set date for the Kentucky Supreme Court to rule in this case.

Chief Justice Lawrence VanMeter says the court will decide, though, as soon as possible.