FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Secretary of State Michael Adams announced that for the first time, Kentucky voter registration under the "other" political affiliations has exceeded the 10% mark, with 358,336 voters.
According to Adams, in December the state of Kentucky saw 6,103 new voter registrations, for a gain of 509 new voters.
On the other hand, 5,594 voters were removed from the rolls, due to either being deceased, moved, felony convicts, voluntary de-registered, mentally incompetent or duplicate registration.
In Kentucky, 45.5% account for republican registrants with 1,635,938 voters. While 44.5% account for democratic registrants with 1,600,466 voters.
Republican registration had a 0.13% increase, democratic decreased 0.18% and the "other" went up by 0.38%.
