Kentucky recently held a statewide election to decide who would be serving as Governor and other positions next term. However, as happens after every election, the office of the Attorney General has a few extra precautions to take to confirm the legitimacy of the voting results. Pulling 12 county names one at a time from a miniature bourbon barrel, Deputy Attorney General Vic Maddox verbally authenticated his actions, saying:
“I hereby certify for purposes of the November 2023 general election inquiry pursuant to KRS 15.243 that the name of each of the 120 counties has been placed in the container for random selection.”
With a county on each potential drawing, Maddox pulled out a series of 12 Kentucky counties to check, starting with Fayette County. After the drawings, he signed off that each area be investigated as a measure against voter fraud. Of the twelve counties selected, seven were in central or eastern Kentucky. Greg Wolf, Commissioner of the Department of Criminal Investigations, discussed the process of the voter fraud investigations in these counties.
“We look at all their records all the information the clerks normally compile. We get their records and then we interview people involved in the process,” he said. “We interview local county officials and it’s basically just a checks and balances system.”
Wolf says these audits directly contribute to the maintaining of election integrity within the Commonwealth. The counties being investigated include Fayette, Webster, Perry, Fleming, Meade, Greenup, Mercer, Hancock, Johnson, Martin, Oldham, and Grayson.
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