See something funny? Here’s how to report irregularities at the polls in Kentucky
Primary day has arrived for Kentucky and with it, many voters headed to polling places to cast a ballot.
For those who believe they may have witnessed voter fraud, irregularities, complaints or other elections law violations, the commonwealth has a hotline to record suspected incidents.
Election violation reports made in Kentucky
As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, the latest update to the state attorney general’s site, 87 reports had been made on Election Day. They included two alleged voting machine-related complaints in Boone County, vote buying/selling in Clay County, procedural questions in multiple counties and more.
In Fayette County, 10 complaints had been made within the first three hours of voting — five related to electioneering, four to campaign violations and one procedural question. By the 3 p.m. update, Fayette County had logged 19 Election Day complaints.
Jefferson County also had a slew of reports made Tuesday, with 18 calls to the hotline as of 3 p.m..
Prior to Election Day, 82 complaints were made to the office, ranging from alleged vote buying to legal questions. Six of the complaints were out of state or not specific to a county, according to the attorney general’s office.
How do I report voter fraud and election day issues in Kentucky?
To report an irregularity or suspected violation of elections law, you can call the state’s hotline at 800-328-8683.
The hotline is live from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
What election complaints have been received in Kentucky for the 2022 election so far?
Below are listed complaints by county reported to Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office.
The reports below are as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, and incidents reported during and before Election Day were lumped together by county for this listing.
The office does not provide details on specific complaints.
- Anderson County: One campaign violation
- Ballard County: One procedural question
- Bath County: Two vote buying/selling, one election official
- Boone County: One campaign violation, two voting machine
- Bourbon County: Two campaign violation, one procedural question
- Breathitt County: Four vote buying/selling, one electioneering, one procedural question, one special or absentee ballot
- Bullitt County: One campaign violation, one procedural question
- Campbell County: One legal question
- Carter County: One legal question
- Christian: One campaign violation
- Clark County: One procedural
- Clay County: Two election official, one vote buying/selling, one voting machine, one electioneering, one procedural question
- Clinton County: Two special or absentee ballot, one legal question
- Crittenden County: One legal question
- Cumberland County: One campaign violation, one request for assistance/monitoring
- Fayette County: Two residency, eight electioneering, six campaign violation, two procedural question, two election official, one legal question
- Floyd County: Two procedural question, one disrupting polls, two electioneering
- Franklin County: Three procedural question
- Garrard County: Two campaign violation
- Grant County: One procedural question
- Greenup County: One legal question
- Hardin County: One legal question, one procedural question
- Jefferson County: 11 procedural question, four campaign violation, one residency, three electioneering, three election official
- Jessamine County: Five electioneering, five procedural question, one campaign violation, 1 election official
- Johnson County: One voter assistance
- Knott County: One procedural question
- Knox County: One campaign violation, one procedural question
- Larue: One procedural question
- Laurel County: One residency, one electioneering
- Lawrence County: One residency
- Letcher County: One procedural question
- Lewis County: One procedural question
- Lyon County: One procedural question
- Madison County: Two electioneering, two procedural question
- Magoffin County: Three vote buying/selling, one campaign violation, one procedural question
McCracken County: One legal question, one procedural question
Meade County: Two special or absentee ballot, one campaign violation
Menifee County: One campaign violation, one electioneering
Monroe County: Two vote buying/selling
Ohio County: Two electioneering
Oldham County: One procedural question
Owsley County: One convicted felon voting, two campaign violations, two electioneering
Pike County: One procedural question
Pulaski County: One legal question
Russell County: Two procedural question
Scott County: Two legal question, one campaign violation, one residency
Shelby County: One electioneering
Taylor County: Two campaign violation
Warren County: One legal question, one procedural question
Wayne County: Three campaign violation, two vote buying/selling
Whitley: Two procedural question
Wolfe: One procedural question
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This story was originally published May 17, 2022 at 12:14 PM.