Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams is looking to defend Kentuckians from a lawsuit filed by the Kentuckians for the Commonwealth’s against the state’s election integrity statute.
That statute was a bipartisan measure that was passed by the Kentucky General Assembly and signed by Governor Andy Beshear that prevents registered voters in other states from voting in Kentucky elections. Secretary Adams says, “Kentucky’s elections are a national success story. Three years ago, Kentucky enacted a bipartisan law to prevent voting in more than one state in a presidential election. Now that a presidential election is underway, a fringe left-wing activist group is trying to undo that law and sow chaos and doubt in our elections. We believe voters should vote in only one state, and we expect to prevail in court.”
Adams also announced that, in June, Kentucky saw 9,693 new voter registrations and removed 4,362 from the rolls. Of the 4,362 voters removed, 3,030 were deceased, 603 were convicted of felonies, 554 had moved out of state, 78 voluntarily de-registered, 52 were duplicate registrations and 45 were adjudged mentally incompetent.
Republicans account for 46 percent of the electorate, while Democrats make up 43 percent and Independents make up about 10 percent.