Voter warning: False information spread about voter rolls

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – Secretary of State, Alison Lundergan Grimes is warning Kentucky voters of false information being circulated by Judicial Watch.

According to the Secretary of State, the president of Judicial Watch tweeted on Sunday, “HUGE: Kentucky set to remove up to 250K inactive voters.”

Grimes is warning Kentuckians that the information is false. The State Board of Elections recently sent mail to 250,000 voters regarding their voter registration status.

Voters that received a postcard must update their registration or vote within the next two federal elections in 2020 or 2022. If a voter does this, they will not be removed from the voter rolls.

“Judicial Watch is pushing false information seeking to mislead and undermine our elections,” said Grimes.

Grimes helped Kentucky to be the first state to partner with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding voter roll maintenance. This sped up the the process to remove voters who moved out of state.

The Secretary of State says, the agreement with the Department of Justice provides that removals based on voters who are believed to have moved residences but who have not updated their voter registrations, were behind because of lack of funding from the Kentucky General Assembly.