Kentucky’s voter fraud hotline took hundreds of calls about 2022 midterm. What we know

On guard for issues at the polls on Election Day, the Kentucky Secretary of State’s election law violations hotline fielded more than 300 calls as of Tuesday evening.

The state office offers the service to all Kentucky voters at 800-328-8683, and reports the complaints periodically during Election Day. It is staffed from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Election Day and regular business hours other days.

The complaints are reported using broad categories and do not include specific details of the allegations.

Jefferson County led with the most complaints, as of the 8 p.m. Nov. 8 report, at 46, but numerous individuals had contacted the hotline with Fayette County complaints, as well.

As of Tuesday night, 17 election complaints had been filed around Lexington, including two before Election Day. Those included multiple complaints about electioneers (those who campaign on behalf of candidates outside polling places), alleged campaign violations and comments about election officials.

Here’s the complaints from across Kentucky reported to the office as of 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8:

Anderson County: One electioneering.

Barren County: One election official.

Bell County: One residency.

Boone County: Two procedural questions, two electioneering and two election officials.

Bourbon County: One voter identification.

Boyd County: Two procedural questions.

Boyle County: Six procedural questions, two election officials, one electioneering, one legal question and one request for assistance/monitoring.

Bracken County: One procedural question and one person voting more once.

Breathitt County: One procedural question.

Caldwell County: One procedural question.

Campbell County: One procedural question and one voter identification.

Carroll County: Two procedural questions.

Carter County: One voting machine, one procedural question, one residential and one election official.

Christian County: One legal questions, three electioneering, one election official and one procedural question.

Clark County: One procedural question, one voter assistance and one election official.

Clay County: One election official.

Clinton County: One procedural question and one general election fraud/other.

Crittenden County: Two electioneering.

Estill County: One procedural question.

Fayette County: Five election official, five electioneering, two campaign violations, two procedural questions and three voter assistance.

Fleming County: One electioneering.

Floyd County: Five electioneering, one campaign violation, one disrupting polls, one vote buying/selling (bribery) and one general election fraud/other.

Franklin County: One electioneering and one legal question.

Fulton County: One procedural question.

Gallatin County: One electioneering and one election official.

Garrard County: Two procedural questions and one electioneering.

Greenup County: Two procedural questions, one electioneering and one voting machine.

Hardin County: Three election officials, one special or absentee ballot, one residency and one electioneering.

Harrison County: Two electioneering, one campaign violation and one legal question.

Hart County: One electioneering.

Henry County: One campaign violation.

Jefferson County: 13 electioneering, 13 procedural questions, three campaign violations, one convicted felon voting, two legal questions, one mailer, one person voting more than once, three voter assistance, three election officials, one residency, two special or absentee ballots, one disrupting polls, one general election fraud/other and one voting machine.

Johnson County: One residency.

Kenton County: Four procedural questions, two voting machines and two electioneering.

Knott County: Two procedural questions, one electioneering, one legal question and one vote buying/selling (bribery).

Knox County: Two procedural questions and one electioneering.

Laurel County: Three voting machines.

Lawrence County: Two electioneering.

Lee County: Two procedural questions.

Letcher County: One election official, one legal question, one procedural question and one vote buying/selling (bribery).

Lewis County: Two electioneering and one procedural question.

Madison County: Two election officials, one legal question, two residencies and two procedural questions.

Magoffin County: One residency.

Marion County: Two voting machines and one election official.

Mason County: One voting machine.

Monroe County: Three voting machines and one procedural question.

Montgomery County: One legal question.

Nelson County: One voter assistance and one campaign violation.

Ohio County: One procedural question.

Oldham County: One election official, one special or absentee ballot, one procedural question, one voter assistance and one disrupting polls.

Owsley County: Two vote buying/selling (bribery) and one convicted felon voting.

Perry County: One procedural question.

Pike County: Two election officials and three procedural questions.

Powell County: One election official and one electioneering.

Pulaski County: One campaign violation.

Rowan County: Three electioneering, one election official and one special or absentee ballot.

Russell County: One procedural question.

Scott County: One electioneering and one election official.

Shelby County: One campaign violation, five election officials, one procedural question and one voter assistance.

Spencer County: One procedural question.

Taylor County: One election official.

Todd County: One procedural question.

Trigg County: One procedural question and two electioneering.

Warren County: One election official.

Washington County: One procedural question.

Wayne County: One vote buying/selling (bribery), one campaign violation and one electioneering.

Woodford County: Two electioneering and two campaign violations.

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