Polls opened across Kentucky for Election Day voting at 6 a.m. local time.
9:45 a.m.: The Kentucky Attorney General’s election fraud hotline received 110 Election Day complaints by 9 a.m. including seven calls from Fayette County. The calls in Lexington were related to election officials, procedural and legal questions and absentee ballots.
Jefferson County, which experienced delays involving electronic poll books used to verify registration, had 68 calls including 41 involving voting machines and 10 involving procedural questions. Other complaints included allegations of a non-citizen voter and a person voting more than once.
At 9:30 a.m. Kentucky Secretary State Michael Adams’ spokeswoman Michon Lindstrom said: “I am being told by ES&S the issue has been resolved. The delay was caused by the epoll books not being backed up early enough to be ready at 6 am. This only affected Jefferson County. I’m being told the lines are moving more quickly.”
9:15 a.m.: Around the state, lines were long in some places but moving. In Science Hill, there was a steady stream of voters but no issues by mid-morning.