Kentucky voting issues

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Election and registration information

• Information for Military and Overseas Citizens.

Voting machines

2008 election

For the 2008 election Kentucky used the following voting machines. For a county-by-county list of the specific machines (and the source for this section) see Verified Voting's Verifier tool.

Main article: Voting machines

Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE) machines with a paper trail:

• Hart Intercivic eSlate 3000
• ES&S iVotronic
• Diebold AccuVote TSx

Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE) machines without a paper trail:

• Danaher Controls Shouptronic 1242
• Microvote MV-464

Optical scan machines:

• Hart Intercivic E-Scan
• Diebold AccuVote (including Diebold AccuVote ES-2000)

Governmental election authorities

State Board of Elections

• Website: http://www.elect.ky.gov/

Contact information:

• State Board of Elections
• 140 Walnut Street
• Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
• Phone: (502) 573-7100
• FAX: (502) 573-4369 or (502)696-1952

• Email: use the form on the website.

Locate your county clerk

Election threats

• For an extensive log of voting machine problems, see the VotersUnite! report on election incidents.

• On September 30, 2008, the Brennan Center for Justice released a comprehensive report on voter purging. Appendix A of the report, titled Kentucky Case Study, begins, "Kentucky’s 120 counties were home to a total of 2,766,288 registered voters, out of a population of 4,206,074, at the time of the November 2006 general elections. Between 2005 and 2006, 148,023 registrants were deleted from state voter lists, representing 5.4% of the registered population."

Main article: Voter roll purges

• November 5, 2008. A northern Kentucky judge decided the county could open its voting machines and count votes made before an equipment malfunction was discovered on Election Day.

Felon voting rights

Quoting from an October, 2008 report on "de facto disenfranchisement" (summary)(download PDF) co-published by the Brennan Center for Justice and the ACLU:

"People with misdemeanor convictions in Kentucky do not lose the right to vote. However, 53% of county clerks interviewed in 2005 responded incorrectly to the question of whether individuals with misdemeanor convictions are eligible to vote. Nearly 40% of the clerks interviewed stated that those with misdemeanor convictions are not eligible to vote; and 14% were uncertain how to answer the question. This error is particularly egregious in Kentucky which has one of the most restrictive disenfranchisement laws in the country. A felony conviction in Kentucky results in loss of the right to vote for life unless the individual is granted clemency by the governor."

Main article: Felon disenfranchisement

Articles and resources

See also

• The main page on election protection and reform organizations.
• All articles in the Election Protection Wiki project.
• For election day: Things citizens can do to monitor elections and If you are told you cannot vote.

Election law

• Election Law @ Moritz's Kentucky page, which provides detailed information on election law developments in Kentucky. See map page to see the information for election developments in any given state.

• Election Law @ Moritz's Kentucky general information page, which provides information on Kentucky election authorities, post-election processes, and other topics. See map page to see this information for any given state.

External resources

Poll location

• GoVote.org locates your polling place and other voting information.
• Google map polling locations locates most polling location, may be missing or out of date.

Election Protection hotlines

• 866-OUR-VOTE (National Election Protection Hotline)
• 888-VE-Y-VOTA (Español)
• 800-966-5946 (AALDEF, Asian languages)
• 866-MYVOTE1 (Tom Joyner Hotline - VoterAction, NAACP National Voter Fund)
• 877-523-2792 (ACLU Voting Rights Project Hotline)
• 877-US4-OBAMA (Obama campaign Voter Hotline)
• 866-976-VOTE (McCain campaign Honest and Open Election hotline - leave a message)
• 877-GOCNN08 (CNN Voter Problem Tipline)
• 888-VOTE-TIP (VelvetRevolution Election Protection Hotline for fraud)
• 567-258-VOTE (Twitter Vote Report key in report or leave audio message)

Voting information

• Vote411.org from the League of Women Voters provides all kinds of information to help you vote.

Voting rights

• ACLU's "Know Your Voting Rights - State by State" -- printable brochures summarizing your voting rights, for most states.
• One-page know your rights summaries for 27 states from the AFL-CIO.

Voting requirements

• Click here to see the voter ID requirements in all states. From the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Election officials, election reform groups, and elected officials

• Why Tuesday? offers a page for Kentucky that helps locate Kentucky's elections officials, election reform groups, and elected officials, as well as a page titled Find a group in your area that lets you find similar information for other states.

Absentee voting

• Click here to request an absentee ballot. Go Vote Absentee is a project of the Women Donors Network.

Disabled voters

• Information for voters with disabilities from NDRN.

Student voting rights

• See Kentucky Student Voting Rights for a guide to student voting rights in Kentucky. See Student Voting Rights for a guide to other states. From the Brennan Center for Justice.

State ballot

• See how organizations you trust recommend you vote on ballot measures and other statewide contests at TransparentDemocracy.

Languages

• Help in other languages from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. 中文, 日本語, 한국어, Tagalog, Tiếng Việt, Español

Voting machines

• Verified Voting's Kentucky page, which provides detailed information on voting equipment in use in every county in Kentucky.