A Kentucky Surprise: Bipartisan Reforms to Ease Voting
Whatâs different about Kentuckyâand what could other states learn?
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Spencer Crabtree, left, receives instructions from David Lee Mitchell before Crabtree marks his ballot at the Kentucky Exposition Center, on Election Day, November 3, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky.
The onslaught of voter suppression bills introduced by Republicans in state legislatures around the country has evoked intense opposition from the whole non-MAGA world. Protests have erupted, and lawsuits have been filed, often within minutes of passage, against these new restrictions.
Watching this, it is tempting to completely write off the possibility of any bipartisan work on voting and democracy issues. The savaging of Liz Cheney in the Republican conference produces that same feeling. But just as there are rumblings of Republican resistance to the Trumpist takeover, there are also Republicans in the elections realm willing t
How This Red State Expanded Voting Access
Many Republican states have restricted voting options, but Kentucky is charting a path that once looked impossible. Can anyone else follow?
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Election officials chat in the polling area in the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage on Nov. 3, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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On the afternoon of Jan. 21, a group of public officials gathered in Kentucky’s Capitol in Frankfort for a delicate conversation about changing how the state conducts elections. Masked and spread out in a room typically used for committee hearings, they didn’t have much time.
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On the afternoon of January 21, a group of public officials gathered in Kentucky’s Capitol in Frankfort for a delicate conversation about changing how the state conducts elections. Masked and spread out in a room typically used for committee hearings, they didn’t have much time.
There were only 22 days left in the legislative session.
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The group included state legislators, Secretary of State Michael Adams, Republican and Democratic elected county clerks, representatives of the state elections board and (virtually) a staff member for U.S. Sen. Rand Paul. They took turns laying out what the executive director of the state elections board described as a “hodgepodge” of priorities increasing voter access among them that somehow had to evolve into a bill that could pass. Everyone put their wish lists on the table.
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Election officials say combating lies will be big challenge
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDYFebruary 4, 2021 GMT
After an election season dominated by conspiracy theories and false claims about voting, top election officials across the country say they already are bracing for what comes next.
They are grappling with ways they can counter waves of misinformation in the 2022 midterms and beyond related to voting procedures and the accuracy of election results.
A major topic in virtual gatherings this week of the National Association of Secretaries of State and National Association of State Election Directors is how to deal with voters who have lost faith in elections because of the misinformation surrounding the 2020 presidential election.