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Record Number of Kentucky Voters Registered As May 21 Primary Nears

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A record number of Kentucky residents are registered to vote in the May 21 primary election. 

The Kentucky Secretary of State’s office reports that 3,421,796 Kentuckians are registered to vote in the upcoming primary.

That’s 18,891 more registered voters than in the General Election  in 2018.

Looking at the breakdown by political party, Democratic voters represent about 49 percent of the electorate, with about 1,684,200 voters.

Republicans are about 42 percent of state voters, with about 1,437,897  voters.

The state has about 299,699d voters who registered as affiliated with another political party, or simply “other.”

Kentuckians have been able to register to vote online for the past two years. That’s brought in more than 72,000 new voters throughgovoteky.com since the online portal was launched.

The top contests in the May21 primary are the races governor, with four Democratic candidates and four Republican candidates.

The Kentucky Secretary of State’s office reports that more than three-million-

400-thousand Kentuckians are registered to vote in the upcoming primary.

That’s nearly 19-thousand more registered voters than in the General Election  

in 2018.

Looking at the breakdown by political party, Democratic voters represent about 49

percent of the electorate, with about one-million-seven-hundred-thousand voters.

Republicans are about 42 percent of state voters, with about one-million-four-

hundred-thousand voters.

The state has about 300-thousand voters who registered as affiliated with another

political party, or simply “other.”

Kentuckians have been able to register to vote online for the past two years.

That’s brought in more than 72-thousand new voters through Go-Vote-K-Y-dot-com

since the online portal was launched.

The top contests in the May21 primary are the races governor, with four

Democratic candidates and four Republican candidates.

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Rhonda Miller began as reporter and host for All Things Considered on WKU Public Radio in 2015. She has worked as Gulf Coast reporter for Mississippi Public Broadcasting, where she won Associated Press, Edward R. Murrow and Green Eyeshade awards for stories on dead sea turtles, health and legal issues arising from the 2010 BP oil spill and homeless veterans. She has worked at Rhode Island Public Radio, as an intern at WVTF Public Radio in Roanoke, Virginia, and at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Rhonda’s freelance work called Writing Into Sound includes stories for Voice of America, WSHU Public Radio in Fairfield, Conn., NPR and AARP Prime Time Radio. She has a master’s degree in media studies from Rhode Island College and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University. Rhonda enjoys quiet water kayaking, riding her bicycle and folk music. She was a volunteer DJ for Root-N-Branch at WUMD community radio in Dartmouth, Mass.