Michael Adams

Rule Changes

Interprets state law as barring monitors within 100 feet; says the DOJ agreed to stand outside and said he expects no interference

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