Secretary of State Michael Adams
FRANKFORT, KY (February 10, 2022) – Secretary of State Michael Adams has released the following statement on today’s hearing in Franklin County Court on the Kentucky Democratic Party’s redistricting lawsuit.
“In 2020, I worked across party lines with Gov. Beshear to ensure a smooth election. In 2022, a smooth election remains my highest priority. The Kentucky Democratic Party’s lawsuit against me threatens to destabilize our election, at the expense of all candidates and voters, many of whom are Democrats. This lawsuit asks the court to re-implement Democrats’ gerrymandered maps from 10 years ago when they controlled Frankfort. Their maps are wildly skewed – particularly against voters in our quickly growing suburbs – in light of population shifts, and they violate the one person, one vote principle Kentuckians of goodwill hold so dear. Just as the Democratic Party gave Kentuckians only one day to vote when they ran Frankfort, here too their reactionary views must not prevail.”
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