Received 183 in 2012
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 9, 2016) — The Attorney General’s Election Fraud hotline received 216 calls from 59 counties, as of 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, said Attorney General Andy Beshear. During the 2012 general election, the hotline received 183 calls from nearly 60 counties by 7:30 p.m.
The types of hotline calls today include procedural and legal questions, voter assistance, voting machine, voter identification, election officials, electioneering, residency, poll disruption; general election fraud; campaign violation and dead people voting.
The breakdown of complaints is as follows:
- Allen County: Electioneering within 100 feet of polls
- Anderson County: Procedural question
- Barren County: Election official
- Bath County: (3 calls) Disrupting polls; legal question; voter identification
- Boone County: (4 calls) Two procedural questions; one legal question; one voter identification
- Boyle County: (2 calls) Legal question; procedural question
- Breathitt County: (4 calls) Three procedural questions; one general election fraud
- Bullitt County: (3 calls) Voter identification; voting machine; electioneering within 100 percent of polls
- Butler County: Electioneering within 100 feet of polls
- Campbell County: (4 calls) Three procedural questions; one election official;
- Carroll County: Voting machine
- Crittenden County: Election official
- Edmonson County: Procedural question
- Elliott County: Procedural question
- Estill County: Procedural question
- Fayette County: (20 calls) Six procedural questions; four general election fraud; three voting machine; three residency; two electioneering within 100 feet of polls; one special or absentee ballot; and one voter identification
- Floyd County: (6 calls) Two voting machine; two electioneering within 100 feet of polls; one campaign violation; one election official
- Franklin County: (2 calls) Election official; electioneering within 100 feet of polls
- Garrard County: Procedural question
- Green County: Election official
- Greenup County: Residency
- Hardin County: Election official
- Harlan County: (7 calls) Two electioneering within 100 feet of polls; one disrupting polls; one legal question; one request for assistance, monitoring; one vote buying/selling (bribery); one voter assistance
- Harrison County: Voter identification
- Jackson County: Dead people voting
- Jefferson County: (65 calls) Seventeen voting machine; 13 procedural questions; 11 election official; six electioneering within 100 feet of polls; five general election fraud; four voter identification; three legal questions; three special or absentee ballot; two voter assistance; one residency;
- Jessamine County: (4 calls) Electioneering within 100 feet of polls; procedural question; voting machine; legal question
- Johnson County: General election fraud
- Kenton County: (5 calls) Two election official; one electioneering within 100 feet of polls; one legal question; one voting machine
- Knox County: Voting machine
- LaRue County: Voter identification
- Laurel County: (3 calls) One disrupting polls; one election official; one general election fraud
- Letcher County: (3 calls) Residency; voter assistance; election official
- Lincoln County: Procedural question
- Madison County: (14 calls) Five electioneering within 100 feet of polls; three procedural questions; two general election fraud; two voting machine; one residency; one special or absentee ballot
- Magoffin County: (2 calls) Two procedural questions
- Marion County: Procedural question
- McCracken County: Procedural question
- Meade County: (2 calls) Residency; voting machine
- Menifee County: Voting machine
- Mercer County: Electioneering within 100 feet of polls
- Metcalfe County: Voter identification
- Montgomery County: Procedural question
- Muhlenberg County: Procedural question
- Oldham County: (4 calls) Two electioneering within 100 feet of polls; special or absentee ballot; one voter assistance
- Owsley County: Legal question
- Pendleton County: Voter identification
- Pike County: (7 calls) Three procedural questions; one election official; one voting machine; one electioneering within 100 feet of polls; one voter identification
- Powell County: Procedural question
- Pulaski County: (3 calls) Electioneering within 100 feet of polls; procedural question; voter identification
- Rowan County: (3 calls) Two procedural questions; one election official
- Russell County: (2 calls) Procedural question; residency
- Scott County: (4 calls) Two procedural questions; One election official; one voter assistance
- Shelby County: Electioneering within 100 feet of polls
- Trigg County: Procedural question
- Trimble County: General election fraud
- Warren County: Election official
- Whitley County: (2 calls) Election official; procedural question
- Woodford County: Legal question
- Unknown: (4 calls) One disrupting polls; one electioneering within 100 feet of polls; one general election fraud; one voter identification
Kentuckians who witness election irregularities or possible election law violations are encouraged to call the hotline at 800-328-VOTE (800-328-8683). The hotline is open throughout the year during normal business hours.
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