The Kentucky Secretary of State is reporting that Kentucky saw a jump in voter registration in June, and he continues his cleaning of the voter rolls.
According to a news release, 10,018 new voters registered in June but removals of ineligible voters total 9,348 and included 7,049 deceased voters, 1,175 voters who were convicted of felonies, 734 who moved out of state, 306 who voluntarily de-registered, 83 who were adjudged mentally incompetent and one duplicate registration.
The rolls grew by only 670 when accounting for removals.
Republican registrants account for 45.9 percent of the electorate and Democratic registrants make up 44.1 percent of the electorate. There are 348,698 voters registered under other political affiliations, 10 percent of the electorate.