The Secretary of State office says over 300,000 dead voters have been removed from Kentucky's voter rolls since Michael Adams took office. The total of 318,918 voters removed under Adams' time in office means 753,181 total removals have happened since 2020.

According to the Sec. of State office, 3,664 voters were removed in August, including 3,233 dead voters, 258 individuals who moved out of state, 74 duplicate registrations, 65 who were "adjudged mentally incompetent," 18 who voluntarily de-registered, nine identified as non-U.S. citizens and seven people convicted of felonies.

"We've vigorously purged voters who have moved away, passed away, or been put away," Adams said. "Kentucky is a national success story for clean elections."

The removals are part of an ongoing effort by the Secretary of State's office to maintain voter roll integrity. Under the state's purging process, officials use data from change-of-address forms or DMV registration to identify voters that have moved, died or have otherwise become ineligible and remove them from voter rolls.

The removals extend beyond deceased voters. In February, Kentucky State Board of Elections purged 225,311 ineligible registrations from the state's voter rolls, with removed registrations confirmed to have been inactive for at least two federal elections. Among those purged, 99,168 were Democrats (44%), 95,732 were Republicans (42.5%), and 30,411 (13.5%) were from other affiliations.

"The State Board of Elections is required by statute to continuously conduct voter list maintenance in the state, and we take this responsibility extremely seriously," Karen Sellers, executive director of the State Board of Elections, said. "Voters should know that as we conduct these processes, we do so while following strict guidelines established in state and federal law; no voter is ever removed for simply not voting."