Other New Laws

Secretary Grayson has successfully secured passage of a number of election-related bills that have helped to clarify the election process and to reduce the cumbersome nature of many of the current statutes. 

In addition to the more technical changes to the Commonwealth's election laws, Kentucky schools are no longer open during the primary elections.  This allows schools to serve as polling locations without endangering our students but also enables teachers to help address the poll worker shortage. 

The Secretary also led efforts to determine an emergency plan for elections in the event that Kentucky experiences a disaster similar to what happened in New York City on Sept 11, 2001 -- primary election day for the city.  The new legislation ensures that Kentucky's electoral process will be protected in the case of a potential catastrophe.

Grayson has proposed an increase in poll worker pay to more adequately compensate those who graciously serve as election officers.  His other proposals to address vote hauling and to remove straight ticket voting have received significant bi-partisan support. 

In order to create transparency in the election process, Grayson advocates for more frequent and accessible reporting of donations by candidates.  Recently, the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance created a task force to study campaign finance issues in Kentucky.  This task force, which had bi-partisan representation, including Secretary Grayson, explored a variety of campaign finance concerns—from taxpayer funded political campaigns to reporting issues.  Secretary Grayson has advocated for the passage of the task force's recommendations.