Debate Over Early Voting
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Secretary Michael Adams is defending Kentucky's current election law.
Secretary Michael Adams is defending Kentucky's current election law allowing three days of no-excuse, in-person early voting in contrast to a new bill being discussed in Frankfort.
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Debate Over Early Voting
Clip: Season 2 Episode 167 | 1m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Secretary Michael Adams is defending Kentucky's current election law allowing three days of no-excuse, in-person early voting in contrast to a new bill being discussed in Frankfort.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAnd speaking of voters, Kentucky's Republican secretary of state is imploring lawmakers to keep early voting as an option.
Secretary Michael Adams points to increased voter registration as a sign of voters being interested in this year's presidential election.
He says 6500 voters registered to vote last month alone, and he expects more than 2 million Kentuckians will vote in November.
Testifying before lawmakers last week, Secretary of State Adams says giving voters early access to the polls is critical.
My first request of you is to not go backwards.
It would be catastrophic going into a presidential election with very high turnout anticipated to take away three of our four voting days.
It will be challenge enough to shoehorn an expected 2 million voters into four days.
I don't know how we would fit this many voters into just one day without major problems.
Adams defense of Kentucky's current election law, allowing three days of no excuse in-person early voting is in contrast to a new bill being discussed in Frankfort.
Republican Senator John Schickel of Union is the primary sponsor of Senate Bill 61.
It calls for eliminating the three days of early voting and allowing Kentuckians to cast absentee ballots at designated places at least 13 working days before an election.
The bill has at least a half a dozen co-sponsors and is currently waiting to be heard in the Senate.
State and Local Government Committee.
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