A bill that could give Kentucky's secretary of state more control over election plans is moving forward in Frankfort House Bill 302, sponsored by Republican Representative Jennifer Decker.

Make some changes to the state's election procedures.

One notable change to the bill includes allowing the County Board of Elections to petition the secretary of State and not the state Board of Elections to consolidate voting precincts or voting locations.

Tabitha Clemons is with the the Kentucky County Clerk's Association.

She testified against the amended bill in a Senate committee this morning, saying the current system is bipartisan, something that would be lost if the bill is approved.

We do not support giving the secretary of state's sole approval over the county election plans.

We do support maintaining the current system, which requires the approval of the bipartisan State Board of Elections, which now includes two retired clerks, three Democrat members and three Republican members, and is chaired by the secretary of State.

During the interim legislative session, lawmakers grilled the State Board of Elections for approving voting plans that led to long lines at some voting precincts.

Some legislators said they were hoping to hold somebody accountable.

But because members of the Board of Elections are appointed and not elected, lawmakers said they felt a legislative fix was needed.

And I know that the clerks don't like it, but we get to set policy and they implement it.

I certainly taken their considerations up for consideration, but this is a middle way and we're going to get the secretary state back involved in approving these voting plans one way or the other.

House Bill 302 passed by a vote of 8 to 1, if approved by the full Senate and go back to the House for approval of the amended language.