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How This Red State Expanded Voting Access Many Republican states have restricted voting options, but Kentucky is charting a path that once looked impossible. Can anyone else follow? Jon Cherry via Getty Images Election officials chat in the polling area in the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage on Nov. 3, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky. This story was co-published in partnership with the On the afternoon of Jan. 21, a group of public officials gathered in Kentucky’s Capitol in Frankfort for a delicate conversation about changing how the state conducts elections. Masked and spread...

Introduction On the afternoon of January 21, a group of public officials gathered in Kentucky’s Capitol in Frankfort for a delicate conversation about changing how the state conducts elections. Masked and spread out in a room typically used for committee hearings, they didn’t have much time.  There were only 22 days left in the legislative session.  Investigations in your inbox Email address The group included state legislators, Secretary of State Michael Adams, Republican and Democratic elected county clerks, representatives of the state elections board and (virtually) a staff member f...

Bill continuing early in-person voting clears House panel Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Nam Y. Huh/AP An information sign shows outside the Elk Grove Village Hall as voters wait in line during early voting at Elk Grove Village, Ill., Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. The US early voting total in 2020 has already exceeded the number of early votes cast in 2016 and there are still 11 more days to go until Election Day. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) and last updated 2021-02-25 19:30:30-05 Early voting at polling places would become a fixture in Kentucky’s elections — but at sc...

Chris Cockrell, a man who posed with the Placerville Proud Boys while dressed as Santa Claus, was appointed to serve on El Dorado County’s Veterans Affairs Commission, a leadership position in El Dorado County.