 On March 21 , 1972 , the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the case of Dunn v. Blumstein that found that a citizen who had lived in a state for 30 days was resident in that state and thus eligible to vote there . Kentucky 's Constitution required residency of one year in the state , six months in the county had and sixty days in the precinct to establish voting eligibility . This issue had to be resolved before the 1972 presidential election in November , so Ford called a special legislative session to enact the necessary corrections . In addition , Ford added to the General Assembly 's agenda the creation of a state environmental protection agency , a refinement of congressional districts in line with the latest census figures and ratification of the recently passed Equal Rights Amendment . All of these measures passed . 
