Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who worked to expand early voting in the Bluegrass State and has spoken out against election denialism in his own party, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year.
In its announcement Monday, the JFK Library Foundation said Adams was recognized “for expanding voting rights and standing up for free and fair elections despite party opposition and death threats from election deniers.”
Adams — whose signature policy objective is to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat — was at the forefront of a bipartisan effort with Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear that led to the enactment of 2021 legislation allowing for three days of no-excuse, early in-person voting — including on a Saturday — before Election Day. Adams hailed it as Kentucky’s most significant election law update in more than a century. About one-fifth of the Kentuckians who voted in last year’s statewide election did so during those three days of early, in-person voting, Adams’ office said Monday.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Hundreds of lizards seized in Australia police bustFeilding teacher underfed children, locked them in sleep room as punishmentMBIE calls on staff again to apply for voluntary redundanciesNZDF mission in Red Sea has 'shades of Iraq'Hong Kong: Trump says USA to revoke special status over China treaty 'violation'Electronic roll crashing on Election Day could have been avoidedPerson in hospital after Dunedin house fireSerious Fraud Office's appeal against NZ First Foundation acquittal dismissedChina endorses Hong Kong national security law as debate delayed by politician hurling rotten plantFormer army officer jailed after raping Wellington sex worker
0.2881s , 6516.1953125 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by GOP secretary of state who spoke out against election denialism wins JFK Profile in Courage Award ,International Interplay news portal