Louisville Courier-Journal: Kentucky election plan expands early voting, allows mail-in ballots for virus-concerned voters
Berry Craig
By BEN TOBIN and JOE SONKA
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky will allow anyone concerned about catching or spreading the coronavirus to vote by mail in the Nov. 3 general election, part of a larger plan announced Friday that also expands early voting.
The compromise, negotiated by Gov. Andy Beshear and Secretary of State Michael Adams, eliminates the no-excuse absentee voting by mail that Kentucky used so successfully in the June primary.
But it provides Kentucky voters a relatively easy out if they want to skip in-person voting — they can request an absentee ballot by stating they are afraid of contracting or passing on the virus.