For the eighth time this year, Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams announced more voters were removed from voter rolls than added last month.
Adams’ office said in November, 7,349 new voters registered, while 7,755 were removed (6,606 deceased voters, 615 felony convicts, 443 who moved out of state, 64 who were adjudged mentally incompetent, and 27 who voluntarily de-registered.)
Adams said an effort to clean up Kentucky’s voter rolls wasn’t done by any other secretary of state since 2009.
Adams assumed office on January 6, 2020.
From January to November 2021, Adams’ office has removed over 73,000 registered voters, with an overwhelming majority of those being people who passed away.
Adams added there are several positive reasons to continue the work of removing people who can no longer vote.
Last month, democratic registrants dropped by 5,161, while republican registrants saw an increase of 3,872 voters. Additionally, voters listed under other affiliations saw an increase of 883 voters.
