Election Day is May 16, but Northern Kentucky voters have a handful of ways to vote, including expanded early voting and absentee access. Still, many in the region prefer to vote in person on the day of the election. There are 121 standard, in-person polling places in Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties for the 2023 […]
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Fort Wright measure to mitigate long lines at polling places
Fort Wright is taking measures against any possible shortage of poll workers for the upcoming 2023 primary election. To prepare, the city council passed Executive Order 04-2023 on Wednesday. This order allows city employees to serve as poll workers at an increased salary. City employees have always been permitted to work the polls on election […]
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Kenton County Board of Elections reminds residents of voting deadlines
The Kenton County Board of Elections recently sent out flyers with important deadlines and instructions for the upcoming primary elections, which will occur on May 16. Important deadlines include the registration deadline, which is April 17 at 4 p.m. and the window to request an absentee ballot, which falls between April 1 and May 2. […]
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Fiscal Court approves official renaming of Graves Road after emergency services confusion
Four sections of Graves Road remained in Boone County, leaving residents, travelers and even emergency services confused after the completion of New Graves Road. Tuesday, at the Boone County Fiscal Court, the court passed the administrative matter to rename the roads to avoid further confusion and similarity. The council recommended the following name changes: 1753 […]
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Senate bill to make local elections partisan won’t pass this session
Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer said he wouldn’t push the controversial Senate Bill 50 during the 2023 legislative session, meaning the bill won’t pass this year. “I still feel strongly voters deserve more information, and this is one way to get it to them,” Thayer said of the bill that would make it the […]
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Bellevue joins bevy of NKY cities against partisan election bill: ‘It’s a terrible idea’
Cities across Northern Kentucky have passed resolutions opposing Kentucky’s House Bill 50/Senate Bill 50, and the city of Bellevue added its name to the list of the bill’s detractors as city council members voted to oppose it Wednesday. Proposed by Republican state senators in early January, the bills would require locally elected officials to declare […]
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Election board approves Kenton County polling place plan
The Kentucky Board of Elections unanimously voted to approve a plan for polling place locations in Kenton County. The special meeting to approve the plan that the county’s board of elections had submitted for approval earlier this month took place Thursday in Frankfort and was streamed live on state board’s YouTube page. The board had […]
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Update: State election board delays proposed Kenton County polling place changes
Update: This story originally appeared on Feb. 27. Upon review, we have added some information to give greater context to the issue of polling locations in Kenton County. We have also revised some factual errors. –LINK nky editorial, Feb. 28 A proposed change in the number of Kenton County polling places stalled at the state’s […]
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Walton joins other NKY cities in opposition to partisan election bills
Walton has joined a growing list of Northern Kentucky cities to adopt resolutions opposing Senate and House bills 50, which would effectively eliminate nonpartisan elections in the Commonwealth. The laws would require local candidates — namely mayors, local legislators, city wards, school board members and soil and water conservation officers — to publicly declare party […]
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Covington leaders to board of elections: Cease consolidation of voting locations
On election day 2022, reports across Kenton County showed that the lines in voting locations were hundreds of people long and wait times were more than an hour. “3:30 p.m.,” wrote Greg Corwin on Twitter. “I’m at St. Barbara’s, where there are 10-12 precincts. The line is bonkers. Maybe 500 ppl (people) in line. It’s […]