Alison Grimes v. Charles Lovett,
Kentucky Secretary of State, Democratic Primary, May 19, 2015
Alison Grimes is well-known, and has
ran the Elections Branch of the Executive Office very well. She
advocated for an electronic voter registration bill this year, and
while she lost to Mitch, she was able to keep the House of
Representatives Democratic this year by having a prominent Democrat
running for a high office. As the incumbent, Alison Grimes is posed
to win, considering 95%+ of the incumbents re-win their same office
they had, even if they've been in there for 30 years.
Charles A. Lovett is completely
unknown. He has a LinkedIn account:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesalovett
He didn't list his phone number or his house address on his filing
papers. Charles A. Lovett doesn't come up on the first two pages of a
Google search.
Geoff Young has endorsed Charles Lovett for Kentucky's Secretary of State.
The media of Kentucky, the Joe P. Derps included, would do the citizens of Kentucky better by going to interview Charles A. Lovett and seeing what he's all about. Does he have new ideas for the Secretary of State office? What makes him better qualified to be Secretary of State than Alison?
The media of Kentucky, the Joe P. Derps included, would do the citizens of Kentucky better by going to interview Charles A. Lovett and seeing what he's all about. Does he have new ideas for the Secretary of State office? What makes him better qualified to be Secretary of State than Alison?
Just really covering Kentucky's election at this point would be an improvement for Kentucky's media. There's important issues Kentucky needs to solve. It's not just a hole in a bucket... it's an entire system based on scandal, exploitation and lies.
What about Alison? Does she have any
new ideas? I'd like to see more ballot initiatives for Kentucky
people, to give up more choices, more options. I'd also like to see
Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) to be implemented. With IRV, one can vote
their conscience, say, a 3rd Party, without throwing away
their vote.
There's many ways the Secretary of
State's office can appeal to more Kentucky voters. They're making
$117,329 per year, so they better earn that money somehow.
The Secretary of State has 5 divisions:
The Business Division, the Elections Division, the Administrative
Services Division, the Kentucky Land Office, and their duties as
keeper of records of the Executive Branch, where all executive orders
are kept, and all laws passed by the legislature are kept. Executive
orders and laws passed by the legislature are stamped with an
official Commonwealth of Kentucky seal by the Secretary of State.
KRS 14.030 Commonwealth seal,
custody of -- Seal of Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State shall keep the
seal of the Commonwealth, and a seal of office with the following
device: The American eagle, in the center, surrounded by the words
"Commonwealth of Kentucky, Office of the Secretary of State."
Effective:October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208,
sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4537.
Here's a link for some Kentucky
Executive Orders scanned online:
http://www.sos.ky.gov/admin/Executive/ExecJournal/Pages/default.aspx
The Secretary of State are the folks
who maintain records for corporations, their status, the registration
of trademarks and service marks, recording liens made pursuant to the
Uniform Commercial Code. The Elections Division certifies the name,
party affiliation and ballot position of all candidates filed with
him to the appropriate county clerks for ballot printing.
However, the actual administration of
elections is conducted by the Kentucky State Board of Elections,
though the Secretary of State is a member of that Board.
117.015 State Board of Elections --
Powers, duties, membership.
(1) There shall be a State Board of
Elections which shall administer the election laws of the state and
supervise registration and purgation of voters within the state. The
board: (a) May promulgate administrative regulations necessary to
properly carry out its duties; and (b) Shall promulgate
administrative regulations establishing a procedure for elections
officials to follow when an election has been suspended or delayed as
described in KRS 39A.100. (2) The board shall consist of the
Secretary of State and six (6) members to be appointed by the
Governor as provided in this subsection. The Secretary of State shall
serve as the chairman of the state board and the chief election
official for the Commonwealth. The members shall serve for a term of
four (4) years or until their successors are appointed. Members shall
be at least twenty-five (25) years of age and qualified voters of
this state. No appointed member shall be a candidate for public
office, have been a candidate for public office for two (2) years
prior to his appointment, or have been convicted of any election law
offense. Two (2) members shall be appointed by the Governor from a
separate list of at least five (5) names submitted by the state
central executive committee of each of the two (2) political parties
that polled the largest vote in the last preceding election for state
officials. The list shall be submitted to the Governor by February 15
of 1992, and the appointments of the Governor shall be made by April
1 of the same year. Two (2) separate lists shall be submitted to the
Governor by August 15 of 1990 and every four (4) years thereafter,
and two (2) appointments shall be made from these lists by September
15 of each year in which the lists are received. Vacancies shall be
filled in the same manner as provided for original appointments, and
the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be of the same
political party as his predecessor. (3) The board shall meet as often
as necessary to carry out its duties and shall keep a record of its
acts, orders, findings, and proceedings. A majority of the board
shall constitute a quorum. The Secretary of State shall preside at
the meetings and may vote. (4) The members of the board shall be paid
a reasonable sum to be fixed by the secretary of the Personnel
Cabinet, with the approval of the secretary of the Finance and
Administration Cabinet, and in addition, their expenses in attending
board meetings. The compensation shall be paid out of the State
Treasury upon requisition signed by the chairman of the board and
approved by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
Effective:June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec.
2, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec.
74, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 293, sec.
1. effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 341, sec.
24, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 457, sec.
1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec.
18, effective June 21, 1974.
Kentucky's Secretary of State also
appoints notaries public, is the registered agent for a service of
process in cases with foreign corporations, and summons and petitions
for out-of-state motorists.
273.172 Powers of Secretary of
State.
The Secretary of State shall have the
power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of him by
this chapter. Effective:January 1, 1989 History: Created 1988 Ky.
Acts ch. 23, sec. 219, effective January 1, 1989.
Section 91 of Kentucky's
Constitution:
A Treasurer,
Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and
Statistics, Secretary of State, and Attorney-General, shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the State at the same time the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected, for the term of four
years, each of whom shall be at least thirty years of age at the time
of his election, and shall have been a resident citizen of the State
at least two years next before his election. The duties of all these
officers shall be such as may be prescribed by law, and the Secretary
of State shall keep a fair register of and attest all the official
acts of the Governor, and shall, when required, lay the same and all
papers, minutes and vouchers relative thereto before either House of
the General Assembly. The officers named in this section shall enter
upon the discharge of their duties the first Monday in January after
their election, and shall hold their offices until their successors
are elected and qualified.
Text as Ratified on: November 3, 1992.
History: 1992 amendment was proposed by 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 11; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.
In the State Land Office, the Secretary
of State hosts a repository of land grants and surveys through the
State Land Office.
The Budget for Kentucky's Secretary of
State in 2013 was over $4 Million Dollars.
Here's the Secretary of State that I want:
1- One who institutes IRV (Instant Runoff Voting), giving Kentucky voters more choices
2- One who puts more initiatives and referendums on the ballot, giving Kentucky voters more choices
3- One who adds a paper trail to the electronic voting machines, so there's some written means to verify votes in a recount
1- One who institutes IRV (Instant Runoff Voting), giving Kentucky voters more choices
2- One who puts more initiatives and referendums on the ballot, giving Kentucky voters more choices
3- One who adds a paper trail to the electronic voting machines, so there's some written means to verify votes in a recount
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