FRANKFORT, Ky. (WMDJ) – Secretary of State Michael Adams says that 403,040 registered voters have been removed from the voter rolls since he took office in 2020.

In the 10 days voter registration was open in May, Kentucky saw more voters removed from the rolls (5,723) than added (5,496).

Adams, who received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in Boston over weekend noted, “While Kentucky is being celebrated nationally for expanding voter access, let’s also take pride that in our Commonwealth we have election integrity.”

Of the 5,723 voters removed, 4,819 were deceased, 451 had moved out of state, 350 were convicted of felonies, 61 were adjudged mentally incompetent, 24 were duplicate registrations, and 18 voluntarily de-registered.