Elections

McConnell said he would consider calling the Senate back to Washington early from summer recess if progress was made on a way forward.

The seven-day average of daily new cases has risen for the last three days.

Secretary of State Michael Adams said that the state won’t be encouraging everyone to vote by mail, but it will ultimately be up to voters to determine how to cast their ballots.

Secretary of State Michael Adams expects the final criteria for who can cast ballots by mail will be “subjective,” allowing people to do so if they feel that they are at risk of contracting or having complications from coronavirus.

Those planning to register with the league's assistance should have their Social Security number.

About 75 percent of ballots cast in the June primary were by mail, when the state allow no-excuse absentee voting by mail.

Christian County Clerk Mike Kem reports mail-in ballots here went up approximately 75% compared to a typical election.

Lynch said the veto is something that “should never be done loosely,” but he cited overwhelming reaction in the community to changing the city’s system of elections — especially during the coronavirus pandemic.

Beshear has signaled that he wants to continue universal mail-in voting during the November election, but Adams is still considering it.

In November, eight of the 12 city council wards will have a contested race in addition to the mayor's contest in which Republican James R. Knight Jr. and Independent Walter Shamble will challenge Interim Mayor Wendell Lynch, a Democrat.

Beshear appointee Chris McNeill, the directing attorney of Paducah’s public defender office, will face Air Force veteran Jenny Hines in the general election.

State Rep. Charles Booker garnered a majority of votes in the state’s two most populous counties, Jefferson and Fayette. But McGrath cobbled together statewide support, winning a majority of Kentucky’s mostly rural counties.