Primary shows KY should adopt mail-in voting permanently. You can help make that happen. | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Primary shows KY should adopt mail-in voting permanently. You can help make that happen.

Linda Blackford | Editorial
June 26, 2020
Lexington Herald-Leader

Despite national cries of doom and gloom, it now turns out that we probably had a record number of people voting in a primary. That’s in large part due to the ease of widespread use of absentee ballots for the first time in Kentucky.

So naturally, it’s time to think about what happens in November, and the answer is no one knows. The system used this time around — with two weeks early voting, no-excuse requested ballots and limited polling places — was set up in a compromise executive order by Gov. Andy Beshear and Secretary of State Michael Adams allowed because the state was under a COVID-19 emergency order. It seems doubtful that COVID-19 will have disappeared by November.
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