Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams announced this week that the state’s number of registered voters increased slightly following the June primary election.From June 24, when the voter rolls reopened after the primary election, through July 31st, he reported a net 21,548 voters were added, for a current total of 3,497,941 registered voters.
According to Adams, Republicans added 20,597 registrants; Other added 1,985; and, Democratic registration declined by 1,034.
By contrast, over June and July of last year, Adams notes 167,044 net new voters were added to the rolls.
Secretary Adams said voter registration is slowly recovering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. He added as we recognize National Voter Registration Month in September, let’s work to encourage all eligible Kentuckians to register at govoteky.com.
Complete registration statistics are available on the State Board of Elections website by clicking here.
