Secretary of State Defends Electoral College From Governor’s Attacks
FRANKFORT, KY (December 17, 2024) – Secretary of State Michael Adams presided over the meeting of Kentucky’s 2024 Presidential Electors, whose eight votes went to Donald J. Trump for President and JD Vance for Vice President.
In introductory remarks, Adams noted the majesty of the occasion, and defended the use of the electoral college. “We have the Electoral College because of that now-maligned concept of compromise. Indeed, all our rights and benefits that flow from our Constitution accrue to us not because the leaders of that day yelled at each other, but rather because they listened to each other.”
The vote was held in the Kentucky Supreme Court chamber. As set forth in the U.S. Constitution, the number of electoral votes is equal to the number of members of Congress. With two U.S. Senators and six members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Kentucky is awarded eight electoral votes.
Kentucky Chief Justice Laurance B. VanMeter swore in the Electors. Pastor Jeff Fugate of Clays Mill Baptist Church gave the invocation, Everett Smith led the Pledge of Allegiance, and champion fiddler Mackenzie Bell played My Old Kentucky Home and Blue Moon of Kentucky.
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