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  • louisvillekid
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    Secretary of State races in Midterms
    In KY we seem to flip flop back n forth with Dem or Repub SOS's, kinda like with we do with Governors.

    But with all of the "stolen" election chatter I figured I'd point out how puzzling KY numbers have been over past 4 or so Pres. elections, especially the 2020.

    First off I'll start with our current KY SOS, Michael Adams. He ran on a platform of cleaning up the voter rolls. The previous ones all said the same. But, Adams said he was "for real.." going to purge and clean up the rolls.

    Real quick -if anyone is not familiar with Adams, just think of a Lindsey Graham type of character.

    So, for years KY always has more registered Dems vs Repubs, and by a decent margin. Independents make up the largest of the "other" voters. "Other" voters is new to me. When I registered about 30 yrs ago I'm pretty sure the options were Dem, Repub and Independent.
    But now it states : "If you check “Other”, please type in the name of your chosen entity. You may choose, Constitution, Green, Libertarian, Reform, Socialist Workers, independent status, or something else of your choice."

    Again, most are just plain ole Independents. And time after time, year after year polling will show that Independents largely lean Dem.

    Ok. So to give a little context about the reasoning why KY always has more people registered as Dem vs Repub.
    There are a few different long-standing narratives.
    One, is that there are just a lot of dead people on the rolls, and apparently they are mainly registered as Dem. What luck, right?
    Second, is that there are a lot of people registered as Dem, but actually are Republicans in disguise, or that they vote Repub. Weird, right?
    The logic behind this narrative is that people like to be able to sway local, county and state primaries. Meaning that a registered Dem(that's actually a Repub) will vote in primaries for the Dem candidate they feel is less likely to win against the Republican candidate. Hoping for an easier victory by the Repub.
    Because in KY, primaries are closed, but general elections are open - meaning you can cross party lines and/or vote for whoever in General elections regardless of one's party registration, but not in primaries.
    People registered as "Other" and have chosen an affiliation like Libertarian, Green, or Reform etc., could only vote in a primary if there were 2 or more candidates for Libertarian, Green or Reform etc. At least that's how I've understood it. Over the years I've still showed up at a precinct to try and vote even though I'm a Independent and know that there wouldn't be 2 Independents on the primary ballot, and as expected, I always get turned away.
    Now what's funny about this logic, is that the same could go for actual Dems. Meaning that real Dems could just register as Repubs and try and sway their primary, and hope to push lesser qualified candidate to victory, thinking their Dem candidate of choice will automatically win their primary and that they will get an easier opponent for them.
    It's all silly. But these stories have been repeated for years, trying to explain why more Dems are registered in the state vs Repubs.

    So, a third narrative is similar to the logic or reasoning of the second one. The narrative is that there are more Dems registered because people are old and used to be a Dem but have switched over the years and never felt like changing affiliation.
    This one is also funny for a few reasons. One, is that they(current and past SOS's, and current and past various state officials) have said there are numerous dead, or alleged to be dead, people on the rolls. And yet, if they are or were old dead people AND they were registered Dem yet voted Repub that wouldn't make sense with the numbers.
    Other reason that narrative is funny, or baffling, is because across the web for years there has been never-ending arguments about the "myth" or whether the Southern Strategy is or was real. People will argue that no Southern Dem from the civil rights era of the 60's ever switched part affiliation to the Republican party. That may be true for US Reps or US Senators. Old Southern Dem US Reps or Senators may of just died, retired, or got primaried by new-school Southern Dems.
    I know in KY(even though it's debated whether KY is in the "South" or not) that one deceased former State Senator - Gene Snyder- the outer interstate loop(I-265) around Louisville is named after him - was a Dem when he was an attorney and a local councilman in the 60's, but switched to Repub when he became a State Rep and State Senator.
    So that's just one example of politicians that changed affiliation.
    But this idea, or narrative, that we have a "possibly" large group of older voters from the 60's(or even earlier) that were Dems, and are still registered Dems, and are alive AND actually vote for Repubs, doesn't jive neither.


    Ok, so for the 2019 race for SOS of KY it was considered that it'd be highly contested.
    The Dems front runner Heather French-Henry was a former 2nd lady of Ky. She's married to a former Lieutenant Governor, and she does a lot of work with Veterans. And was a former Miss Ky winner.
    The Repubs front runner was Michael Adams.
    [Now let's not forget the narratives I've pointed out earlier.]

    At the time there's around 3.3 million registered voters in the State.
    If one of the ongoing narratives in the State is that there are people registered as Dems, but are really Repubs, and that they like to try and sway primaries(which are closed primaries) by voting for the lesser candidate, hoping they win and that their preferred Repub candidate will have an easier victory. Then why did HFH absolutely destroy her other Dem challengers in the primary? And the alleged front-runner for the Repubs had a closer primary race.
    But also, why such a low turnout for Repub voters and a HUGE turnout for Dems in the primaries?

    2019 KY primary for SOS

    Dems:
    Heather French-Henry 263,419 - Belcher 47,923 - Griffin 47,655 - Sebesta 12,088
    Repubs:
    M. Adams 94,404 - A. English 62,677 - Knipper 41,367 - Nett 30,340

    Now, when the 2019 General election came around - magically a crap-ton of Repub voters turned out. But overall turnout still wasn't half of registered voters. Yet this was considered a highly contested race.

    M. Adams(R) 746,629 - Heather French-Henry(D) 682,096


    Moving on to the 2020 Presidential race. But first.
    In an article by the Courier-Journal, also posted on the new SOS's gov page, in Feb 2020 the number of registered voters was 3,462,152 - more on these totals in a minute.
    1,678,538 Dem or 48%
    1,472,985 Repub or 43%
    and "other" constituted 9%, but didn't give or list an exact number.

    2020 President election for Ky.

    Dems: 1,672,473 registered - 992,639 voted - 59.4% turnout.
    Repubs 1,568,842 registered - 1,010,845 voted - 64.4% turnout.
    Others 324,391 registered - 145,962 voted - 45% turnout.

    Now, just because someone is registered a party affiliation, doesn't mean they vote that way. And apparently that's the ongoing narrative for years in Ky.

    Results:
    Trump 1,326,646 - 62.1%
    Biden 772,474 - 36.2%

    So even if Trump got all 100% of the registered Repubs that turned out to vote - 1,010,845 - AND got 100% of all the "other" registered voters(don't forget most are Independents that historically lean Dem) that turned out to vote - 145,962 - if add those together it's 1,156,807 - still wouldn't equal the total stated for Trump of 1,326,646 - would still need to get(syphon off) about 170 thousand or so of the Dems voter turnout of 992,639 votes.


    Another thing about previous Presidential elections in Ky is that the differential for margin of victory had just kept growing for Repubs since '08 election, despite Ky always having more registered Dems in the State vs Repubs.

    2008 R+16
    2012 R+23
    2016 R+31

    But yet with the new SOS from 2019 election and him(Adams) saying he would be the person to finally "clean up the voter rolls..", plus a campaign to get more people registered to vote, the gap of registered Dems vs Repubs narrowed a tad in just one year.
    But, back to those old narratives about there are just old and/or dead Dem voters on the rolls, or whatever numerous other reasons SOS's and state officials have given over the years to justify as to why we constantly have more people registered Dem in the State, yet for 25-30 years most Presidential and US Senate races in the state have been won by Repubs - the 2020 President differential election results slid back down to about R+18

    Another couple figures from the 2020 Presidential election results breakdown.
    Ky has way more Repub state senators vs Dem. Most Dem state senators are from Louisville and there is one for the north/northeast side of Lexington. But, there are 2 senate districts that have Dem state senators, yet went overwhelmingly for Trump, both times, and for other Repub presidents in previous elections.

    District 10 - has a Dem state senator - this area is centered around Ashland on the W.V. border.
    2020 - presidential election results
    Dem - 44,990 registered - 24,280 voted - 54% turnout
    Repub - 43,837 registered - 25,429 voted - 58% turnout
    Other - 11,795 registered - 4,596 voted - 39% turnout

    District 18 - is basically Hardin County - which is E-Town and Ft Knox - and has a Dem state senator.
    2020 Pres election results
    Dem - 44,578 registered - 23,905 voted - 53.6% turnout
    Repub - 39,639 registered - 24,908 voted - 62.8% turnout
    Other - 8,051 registered - 3,241 voted - 40.3% turnout

    Again, it's very strange that districts that can have Dem senators have such a lower Dem and "Other" voter turnout percentage wise vs Repubs. Also considering that "others" are generally Independents and they historically lean Dem.

    And the results are like this for most all counties. Not just for the 2020 Pres. election, but for previous Pres. elections as well. Plus for previous US senate or US rep elections too.

    Even the districts that do have more Repubs registered vs Dems, the numbers can be lopsided even more on the voter turnout percentage.

    Now some really funny numbers. The percentage of "eligible" voters registered is around 79.57%

    In July 2021, the SOS office released this statement:

    ["Secretary of State Michael Adams announced that, after two months of small increases in Kentucky’s voter registration, the numbers again have declined. While 5,465 new registrations were logged, 5,880 registrations were canceled – 4,000 deceased voters, 1,236 voters who moved out of state, 374 felony convicts, 249 judged mentally incompetent, and 21 voters who voluntarily de-registered.

    “While I’m proud of our diligence in cleaning up our voter rolls, I’m concerned about the drop in new registrations,” Adams said. “Registering to vote has never been easier: you can register online at our website, sos.ky.gov.”

    Democratic registrants represent 46.3 percent of the electorate with 1,649,790 registered voters. Democratic registration dropped by 2,279 since May 31, a 0.14 percent decrease. Republican registrants total 1,576,259, or 44.2 percent of voters. Republicans saw an increase of 1,010 registered voters, a rise of 0.06 percent from May 31. In addition, 9.4 percent of voters, 333,912, are listed under other affiliations, which saw an increase of 854 registrants since May 31, a 0.26 percent climb."]


    Dem - 1,649,790
    Repub - 1,576,259
    Other - 333,912
    = total 3,559,961


    Now the 2020 census gives Ky a population of 4,505,836, and says that 77.3% of the population is 18 and over, or roughly 3,483,011

    Wait, what? Even with "cleaning up the voter rolls", AND with convicted felons(past and present) and people judged mentally incompetent, plus any other exemptions deducted off the rolls - Ky has MORE registered voters than what the Census claims should be plausible based on 18 and over statistics?


    The August 2021 numbers changed as well.

    Dem - 1,642,726
    Repub - 1,577,955
    For whatever reason, this time they broke down the "others."
    Other - 185,760(this was everyone not an Independent or Libertarian, ex: Whig, Green, Reform, Constitution, Socialist, etc.)
    Independent - 132,039(out of all 3rd parties, Independent still the biggest)
    Libertarian - 14,454

    = 3,552,934

    still higher than what the 2020 census says the number of people 18 or older are in the state.

    Plus I haven't mentioned about how different small-time freelance type journalists, and some from the bigger newspapers, have done stories in the past about how varied the type of voting machines are throughout the state.

    I don't know if they finally are all the same manufacturer. I think they used to have various manufacturers. But, even if they are all from the same manufacture. They're not all the same models.
    It's been pointed out from journalists how only the bigger precincts and populated cites have paper trail machines, and how the poorer counties, especially in the Appalachian area don't have paper trail machines, and the voter turnout for registered Dems and "others" in those counties are abnormally shewed vs the Repub turnout.

    So in summary.

    Either Ky really does still have a bunch of dead people on the voter rolls. And possibly people that have moved. And they're mostly all registered Dem for some reason.
    And/or there are numerous people registered as Dem, or Independent, but vote Repub.
    And there is constantly a lower turnout amongst Dem and "other" registered voters compared to registered Repub voters.
    And, there is allegedly somehow more people registered to vote in the state vs what the 2020 census states is plausible.

  • MinnesotaFats
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    There's a 50 year shift to the right

    But I'm guessing KY local Dems aren't the same bat shit crazy Dems as on the coasts so there's local forgiveness & a lot of name dropping/ endorsement credit.
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    • louisvillekid
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      #3
      Originally posted by louisvillekid

      Now some really funny numbers. The percentage of "eligible" voters registered is around 79.57%

      In July 2021, the SOS office released this statement:

      ["Secretary of State Michael Adams announced that, after two months of small increases in Kentucky’s voter registration, the numbers again have declined. While 5,465 new registrations were logged, 5,880 registrations were canceled – 4,000 deceased voters, 1,236 voters who moved out of state, 374 felony convicts, 249 judged mentally incompetent, and 21 voters who voluntarily de-registered.

      “While I’m proud of our diligence in cleaning up our voter rolls, I’m concerned about the drop in new registrations,” Adams said. “Registering to vote has never been easier: you can register online at our website, sos.ky.gov.”

      Democratic registrants represent 46.3 percent of the electorate with 1,649,790 registered voters. Democratic registration dropped by 2,279 since May 31, a 0.14 percent decrease. Republican registrants total 1,576,259, or 44.2 percent of voters. Republicans saw an increase of 1,010 registered voters, a rise of 0.06 percent from May 31. In addition, 9.4 percent of voters, 333,912, are listed under other affiliations, which saw an increase of 854 registrants since May 31, a 0.26 percent climb."]


      Dem - 1,649,790
      Repub - 1,576,259
      Other - 333,912
      = total 3,559,961


      Now the 2020 census gives Ky a population of 4,505,836, and says that 77.3% of the population is 18 and over, or roughly 3,483,011

      Wait, what? Even with "cleaning up the voter rolls", AND with convicted felons(past and present) and people judged mentally incompetent, plus any other exemptions deducted off the rolls - Ky has MORE registered voters than what the Census claims should be plausible based on 18 and over statistics?


      The August 2021 numbers changed as well.

      Dem - 1,642,726
      Repub - 1,577,955
      For whatever reason, this time they broke down the "others."
      Other - 185,760(this was everyone not an Independent or Libertarian, ex: Whig, Green, Reform, Constitution, Socialist, etc.)
      Independent - 132,039(out of all 3rd parties, Independent still the biggest)
      Libertarian - 14,454

      = 3,552,934
      Newest numbers from the Ky SOS.

      "Frankfort, Ky. (October 29, 2021) – Secretary of State Michael Adams announced that Kentucky’s voter registration remains stagnant, with September seeing an increase of only 0.04 percent. While the month saw 2,771 new registrations, 1,501 registrations were canceled – 929 deceased voters, 350 voters who moved out of state, 125 felony convicts, 64 voters adjudged mentally incompetent, and 33 voters who voluntarily de-registered.

      “Don’t wait for voter registration drives to start again: register to vote online at sos.ky.gov,” said Adams.

      Democratic registrants represent 46.1 percent of the electorate, with 1,640,231 registered voters. Democratic registration dropped by 2,495, a 0.15 percent decrease. Republican registrants total 1,580,200, 44.4 percent of voters. Republicans saw an increase of 2,245 registered voters, an increase of 0.14 percent. In addition, about 9.5 percent of voters,337,287, are listed under other affiliations, which saw an increase of 1,270 voters, 0.45 percent."

      The SOS is still saying we need to get the registrations up, and keeps talking about how easy it is to get registered.

      Yet, going by the 2020 census numbers(Yes, populations do grow. But people die too, and move out of state as is pointed out in these reports issued by the SOS.) We still, according to the numbers, have over 100% of the population over the age of 17 registered to vote.

      In August we were at 3,552,934 registered voters.
      Now, we have 3,557,718 registered voters.

      the 2020 census says the population was 4,505,836 for KY - and said 77.3% was 18 or older, or 3,483,011

      That's a difference of 74,707 , so by those numbers we should have OVER 100% of people 18 or older registered to vote in State of KY.

      - Something is amiss.



      "NOTE: For Halloween weekend, the Secretary issued this short, humorous video about efforts to bring Kentucky’s voter rolls into legal compliance." https://twitter.com/KYSecState/statu...02300339941378
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      • MinnesotaFats
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        #4
        That's a pretty small margin actually

        Probably military or prison #s

        I'm sure KY has multiple bases & federal penitentiaries.
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        • jackpot269
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          There's a 50 year shift to the right

          But I'm guessing KY local Dems aren't the same bat shit crazy Dems as on the coasts so there's local forgiveness & a lot of name dropping/ endorsement credit.
          Where did you find this chart even in 2016 Hillary got more of the popular vote!! I dont think a Republican has won the popular vote since 2004 and 1988 before that .
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          • jackpot269
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            • 09-24-07
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            louisvillekid Its interesting that in KY you have to register a party to vote!! Ive voted in Alabama when I lived there and in Tennessee since 1992 and the only time you were tied to a party was if you voted in a primary. If you choose not to vote in primaries no one needs to ever know what party you are. Now you can only vote in one or the other primaries per election of coarse but you can change up in the next one every time if you wish and in general elections why would anyone think you could not vote for whom ever you wish no matter the party!! Republican GOV and Dem Senator on same ticket. I just find it crazy they need to know your party its none of there business if you're not voting in primaries and that's so you don't vote in both!!
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            • MinnesotaFats
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              Originally posted by jackpot269
              Where did you find this chart even in 2016 Hillary got more of the popular vote!! I dont think a Republican has won the popular vote since 2004 and 1988 before that .
              There's a ton of holdover in those Appalachian states from really really old voters who were part of the WW2/ thru LBJ Dems.

              They're dying off or leaving the party, because obviously their values don't align with reality of the party itself.

              Hell just look at Manchin in WVA. Joe Manchin is a Democrat but in name only. Nothing he believes in or his voters value has a place in the Democrat party...but he's an old throwback...

              ...and he's literally in a coal State under a Democrat regime that is trying to ban coal for use in power lol

              Figure that out...same w PA voters lol

              Fukking idiots
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              • louisvillekid
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                #8
                Originally posted by jackpot269
                louisvillekid Its interesting that in KY you have to register a party to vote!! Ive voted in Alabama when I lived there and in Tennessee since 1992 and the only time you were tied to a party was if you voted in a primary. If you choose not to vote in primaries no one needs to ever know what party you are. Now you can only vote in one or the other primaries per election of coarse but you can change up in the next one every time if you wish and in general elections why would anyone think you could not vote for whom ever you wish no matter the party!! Republican GOV and Dem Senator on same ticket. I just find it crazy they need to know your party its none of there business if you're not voting in primaries and that's so you don't vote in both!!
                Basically the same here. You register and the primaries are closed. Meaning one can only vote for party they registered with. So "Others" , aka mostly Independents, can't vote in primaries.
                In the general elections, or special run-off elections, anyone registered to vote can vote, and can vote for whoever they want.
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                • louisvillekid
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by jackpot269
                  Where did you find this chart even in 2016 Hillary got more of the popular vote!! I dont think a Republican has won the popular vote since 2004 and 1988 before that .
                  I think this is Ky chart.

                  US Pres elections, US Senate elections and US Rep elections for past 20+ years have been landslides(60/40 - or 60ish/30ish/and a few percent to "others.") for the republicans in the State of Ky.

                  But when you look back over the results broke down by districts and/or the precincts, it's amazing, err baffling, to notice way more voters combined, registered as Dem or Others, vs the number of registered Repubs. But magically the turnout rate/percentage for Dems and Others is way lower than the turnout for registered Repubs.
                  If you look back through past elections for Pres, US Sen and US Reps, from overall turnout by registered party, or breaking it down by districts and/or precincts - amazingly the turnout rate is higher for Repubs vs the Dems and Others.

                  US Rep races will be lopsided because outside of Louisville the maps are carved out to give Repubs an advantage. So 5 of the 6 US Rep races will always be landslides for the Repubs, even if the total number of registered Dems and Others are equal or higher in the same area/district/precinct because for some "unknown" reason, Dems and Others don't turn out to vote at same rate as Repubs. Odd, I know.
                  Even in the Louisville US Rep races, with overwhelming registered Dems and Others in that district compared to registered Repubs, the race is always close. Because Repubs will magically turnout to vote and Dems and Others mysteriously don't show up. Or they're being suppressed from voting in their area.

                  Again, as I've stated in the past. Being registered with whatever party doesn't necessarily mean someone votes for that party, except in primaries. "Others" can't vote in primaries(well I guess they could if 2 or more Libertarians, or 2 or more Whig, 2 or more Green, etc. etc. were vying to be the front runner on the General election ballot for that party. Independents don't have a party per se, so I've never heard of 2 or more Independents running in a primary against each other.) But "Others", Dems and Repubs can all vote in the general elections, or special run-offs, for whoever they want.

                  But what's still odd about that is again, if you look at past results. Even if Dems and Others turn out at a lower rate at the polls to vote compared to the Repubs. Others, aka mostly Independents, that historically lean Dem(or if like me, for 20 plus years would piss my vote away on some true Independent, or a BS Green party dude, or even a goofy Libertarian, all because I know the Republican candidate for Pres, US Senate or US Rep will win by a landslide, so it doesn't matter who I vote for.) and the Dem's, if we assumed that the registered Dems mostly voted party lines, and that most Others voted for a Dem - again, they(Dems and Others) can vote whichever way they want - then, even by the lower voter turnout compared to Repubs, the Dem candidate should've still won.

                  But they don't. Somehow over past Pres elections and US Senate elections, the TOTAL votes will be lopsided showing a Repub won. Yet when you dig into the numbers based on turnout by registered parties. You'll notice things like in order to get that total number of votes won by the Repub candidate, they would've had to get 100% of the votes by registered Repubs that voted, as well as, 100% of registered Others that turned out to vote, and they'd still be short, and in order to get that total number, a decent chunk of the total registered Dems that turned out to vote would've needed to vote for the Repub as well. In order to arrive at that total voted won for said Repub.
                  And it only seems to happen in Pres and US senate elections, and quite a few US Rep elections. Or at least that's mainly only ones I have looked into.
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                  • jackpot269
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                    • 09-24-07
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                    #10
                    That's very interesting I would say that KY is not the only state where this or something like this is also happening. If voter Rolls not being updated is at least part of the cause you would think they could look at that at least every 10 years if not more often !! Glad you posted this its definitely puzzling. Most people i know vote one way, or the other, almost straight ticket ever election or so they say, so when their is a huge change in vote from one party to the other it makes me wonder if a lot of people just lie about how they vote!
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                    • louisvillekid
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by MinnesotaFats
                      That's a pretty small margin actually

                      Probably military or prison #s

                      I'm sure KY has multiple bases & federal penitentiaries.
                      Off hand I don't know how many Federal prisons there are, but the newest SOS has been claiming to have been purging voter rolls since he was sworn-in in Jan of 2020, and every update gives a total number of people taken off the rolls for felonies.

                      And the 2 biggest bases are Ft. Knox and Ft. Campbell(which is in both Ky and TN, not sure if mailing addy is on KY side.)
                      But not sure why Federal prisoners and Military personnel would matter. First off, they would all be 18 or over and of voting age. I would find it odd that a Military person hypothetically would be registered to vote in their home state(meaning not KY) and would possibly be voting absentee to their original home state and yet be counted as living in KY on a census. It's been years since I've known a soldier stationed in the state, but have worked with soldiers wives at warehouse jobs and they would have Ky ID and cars registered in KY.

                      Old childhood friends that went into military, I can remember when they'd visit, or come back home after their duty/contract was up, and they'd have a vehicle with tags from the state they had been stationed/living in and have an ID from that state. I doubt they sent absentee ballots back to KY while having ID's and car registrations, and even living in off-base apartments in a different state.

                      But it still don't make sense that we'd have OVER 100% of the possible 18 and over population apparently registered to vote.

                      Even if we took the 74k away, because for whatever reason it's prisoners from other states and/or military personnel from other states and they're counted as living here, yet for voting purposes they "don't" live here.
                      We would still be at exactly 100%, vs over 100%

                      Even if we took away the 74k and refigured the numbers to make it say, ohh, 150k under the total plausible amount of people 18 and over are allegedly registered to vote. That would still put the state at around a 96% rate of people 18 and over being registered.

                      But the SOS doesn't say that. He claims we're only around 75% - AND, every new report he acts like were going backwards because of all the people taken OFF the rolls.

                      If we're only at 75% registered, then that totally throws the numbers out of whack. Because based on current reported total people registered, and compared to Census numbers of how many in state 18 and over, we should have well over 100% of possible 18 yrs old and over, registered to vote.
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                      • jackpot269
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                        • 09-24-07
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                        #12
                        In the county I live in, in Tennessee if you don't vote for 3 elections, meaning you miss 2020 and 2022 you can still vote in 2024 but if you don't you have to reregister to get to vote and they don't send a notice, so when you show up in 2026 and have not registered again you cant vote. I'm assuming that takes your name off roll
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