John, populace is not the same as populous.

Other than that, this is great work. Keep after these voting machine thieves until we've completely rolled them back.

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I'm confused. How are any of the six questions not intended to "improve elections in Kentucky".
Especially 2,3,5, and 6. While 1 and 4 are about accountability, the others are directly related to making sure the machines are certified for use in future elections.
Come to think of it, why is the AG doing this instead of the SoS. I would hope that all Secretaries of State are evaluating their state's voting machines and verifying certification.

I've been really hoping, justice would be caughting on back over here!

THANK YOU
GREGG STUMBO
AG OF KENTUCKY
blessings to you and yours.

I would also assume that the most populous county would be the most urbanized county in the state and most likely to have a large non-white, non-GOP, Democratic Party-leaning electorate. Can anyone confirm that? This could also help explain the motivation to make sure it has the most inferior equipment and most likely to lose votes and/or help swing the outsome in the GOP's favored direction.

How cool it would be if the good election guys and gals outnumbered the bad guys and gals!

Actually, I think going after the county officials who approved the use of the equipment makes the most sense because they are more likely to rat everybody else out than the SOS. It would be like the decline and fall of Ken Blackwell, but in Kentucky. The SOS and his immediate staff are the ones who are beneficiaries of anything corporate voting machine companies might offer. The county officials were patsies but they probably know enough to bring incriminating evidence forward faster.

Wasn't there a questionable election for Senate there in '04? Or was it in '06?

shw

@ ewastud Jefferson County is Louisville. It is the largest, most progressive city in KY and has a large, politically active black community. I can't speak to the demographics because I don't know the city that well, but Hopkinsville and Madisonville also have proportionately large black populations. I am here to tell you though that the rural white communities have vote suppression too. I had the misfortune to end up in Somerset, (Pulaski County)KY where Democrats can't even get work. Don't even try to put a Dem bumper sticker on your car unless you can afford a traffic ticket every day until you remove it. When I signed the register in 2006, the poll worker pushed a button on a small machine beside the register and out came a small piece of paper. She walked over to the voting machine and pushed some buttons, then turned to me and said "The machine is ready now." She handed me the paper and walked back to the register to sign in my husband. I went through the screens voting for every Democrat I could find, and was entirely shocked to find Mitch McConnell's name on the ballot! I was thrilled to vote for his opponent, but amazed that I didn't know he was running. At the final screen, there was McConnell's name. I backed the machine up and voted for his opponent again. This vote stuck, and I cast my vote. I picked up the small piece of paper and left with my husband. His paper had 4 digits on it. Mine had 4 different digits. I don't think any ballot cast in Pulaski County was secret that year. And that was extremely intimidating. Small town, finite number of jobs. Vote wrong, starve. We left.
The Lexington Herald Leader reported the next day that McConnell had won with 75% of the vote. However, McConnell was not up for election in 2006. I think it was a test to see how many people were aware of the vote fraud and were checking their ballots. It also served to make anyone who reported the numbering sound crazy to an outsider. BTW, Senator Bunning retained his seat in the senate by 51% of the vote. Rove's favorite 50+1. BTW, KY is an economic and political suburb of Ohio. But inside every little town in KY is an angry majority intimidated into silence.

The KY AG should focus thier investigations on all KY
county commissioners and voter registrar who approved
the purchase of uncertified Diebold electronic voting
machines.Once the KY AG starts probing into the county's activities,the very county officials will start to rat out Diebold and the KY SoS the save thier
own hides.