Kentucky State Board of Elections

Rule Changes

Backed the refusal and said federal monitors had to remain at least 100 feet from polling entrances on Nov. 3.

Federal election monitors worked Kentucky's Nov. 3 election from outside a 100-foot boundary at polling places in Louisville and Lexington, after local and state officials refused them entry. Jefferson County Clerk David Yates said about a dozen Justice Department employees were expected in Louisville as civil monitors, not law enforcement. His office told the DOJ that Kentucky law did not authorize routine federal monitoring inside polls.

Updated Nov 1