FRANKFORT (Kentucky Today) – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced on Tuesday the completion of all 12 inquiries following the 2024 General Election and has forwarded his findings of the post-election audits to state election officials.
In a letter to the Kentucky State Board of Elections, Coleman shared that no credible election law violations were found during the inquiries conducted by detectives from the Attorney General’s Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) that were presented to a grand jury in each county by the Special Prosecutions Unit.
“Kentuckians can have confidence our Commonwealth’s elections are free, fair and secure. After independent and thorough inquiries, we found no credible instances of election law violations during last year’s General Election,” said Coleman. “I’d like to thank all of the county clerks, poll workers, and volunteers who made it possible for Kentuckians to exercise one of our most fundamental rights.”
Following each primary and general election, Kentucky law directs the Attorney General to randomly select 12 counties for an independent inquiry. The law used to call for five percent of the counties to be audited, in other words six, but it was changed by the General Assembly a couple years ago to double the number of inquiries required to be conducted.
Following last November’s general election, Coleman drew the names of Barren, Boyle, Calloway, Campbell, Daviess, Edmonson, Jefferson, Jessamine, Lincoln, Metcalfe, Trigg and Warren counties. DCI then conducted inquiries into each of the county’s election processes and found no irregularities.
Leading up to Kentuckians heading to the polls, the Attorney General’s Office activates the Election Integrity Command Center and increases staffing for the Election Fraud Hotline, which operates year-round. During the 2024 General Election, the Hotline received more than 700 messages, including nearly 350 on Election Day. More information here.
