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From The Louisville Courier-Journal: Gov. Andy Beshear signs order allowing all to mail-in vote for Kentucky's June 23 primary

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By BEN TOBIN and PHILLIP M. BAILEY

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed a monumental executive order Friday that will allow all Kentuckians who are registered to vote through a mailed-in absentee ballot for the state's rescheduled primary election on June 23.

The order is a byproduct of a bipartisan agreement with Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, and comes weeks after a messy fight in Wisconsin forced voters to go to the polls, leading several to get sick with the coronavirus.

Beshear and Adams have been in talks for weeks about the best way for Kentuckians to exercise their right to vote amid the outbreak.

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