LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nearly 800,000 votes already rolled in across Kentucky between mail-in ballots and early voting.
According to Secretary of State Michael Adams, Republicans made up 56% of early voters; 40.3% were registered Democrats; and 7.1% were Independent or another third party.
With millions more ballots expected on Tuesday, Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie Holsclaw feels confident on election security, at least in her own county.
"I truly believe that there's honesty and integrity in this election," she said.
Jefferson County is among the dozens of counties the Department of Justice is monitoring across the nation to ensure that happens, a matter of standard procedure, a department spokesperson said.
"They let us know if they know of any threats that are in our area," Holsclaw explained. "So far, they've had nothing to report."
That's after three days of early voting and over 100,000 ballots already cast in Louisville.
Some of those were mail-in ballots, which don't don't get counted until election night when the polls close.
The process is about as transparent as the glass that separates election workers from those who want to watch the ballots be counted. There's even a camera where residents can watch from home.
The Kentucky Emergency Management (KEM) operation center is on standby if any county clerks or law enforcement come across issues—from cybersecurity to electricity.
"We're here to fill those gaps where an agency may find the fact that they need something to keep on normal operations," KEM Director Eric Gibson said. "We want them to focus on their job and we'll focus on coordinating those resources for them."
While early voting last Thursday, Adams said he expects a higher voter turnout than what was seen in 2020's presidential election. He characterized the state as increasing voter access while adding additional security.
"We haven't gone for conspiracy theory nonsense," Adams said. "We've done practical things like photo ID to vote, cleaning up the voter rolls, transition to paper ballots that can be audited and recounted that we didn't have before, video surveillance on drop boxes and ballot boxes to make sure no one can stuff them."
He also promised the state's tally will finish on election night, so Kentuckians can go to bed knowing their vote's been counted.
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