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I'm hoping this is a good thing.
Voters in Kentucky break record for registration ahead of 2020 election
By Dan Desai Martin -
February 19, 2020 3:15 PM
A record number of Kentuckians are registered to vote, just in time for Sen. Mitch McConnell's reelection race.
A record number of Kentucky residents are registered to vote as of Jan. 31, Secretary of State Michael Adams (R) announced on Tuesday.
More than 3.4 million Kentuckians are now registered, marking a new high for the state.
In his statement, Adams encouraged "every eligible person who is not registered to vote to do so by April 20, the last day to register to vote in the May 19 primary."
According to the Kentucky Secretary of State's Office, 48% of Kentucky voters are registered as Democrats, 43% are Republicans, and 9% are "listed under other affiliations."
Adams said Kentucky had "relatively high voter turnout in 2019" and he hopes "Kentuckians will show up strong at the polls" this year to select both a president and senator as well as state officials.
In 2019, Kentucky voters ousted Republican Matt Bevin from the governor's mansion, voting for Democrat Andy Beshear. In one of his first acts as governor, Beshear signed an executive order restoring the voting rights to roughly 100,000 nonviolent felons in the state.
In November, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will be on the ballot, likely facing Democrat Amy McGrath. McGrath raised nearly $17 million in the last six months of 2019 in her bid to unseat McConnell, according to Newsweek.
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https://americanindependent.com/kentucky-voter-registration-record-mitch-mcconnell-2020-election/?fbclid=IwAR0Pi7VeHWAa6KXwQwF-P9O0cCzLRSgBnkJC1OKgY4iA7YESTyo7H5xzMi4
muntrv
(14,505 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,680 posts)But that's not at all guaranteed...
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)legislators are trying to strip/limit Governor Beshear's powers . . .
When Republicans lose governorships but retain the House and Senate they try and limit the Democratic Governor's power, i.e. WI.
Anywho, that's a good sign concerning registration.
malchickiwick
(1,474 posts)Go a ton of compliments