GOP secretary of state who spoke out against election denialism wins JFK Profile in Courage Award
Time:2024-05-07 18:34:16 Source:healthViews(143)
Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who worked to expand early voting in the Bluegrass State and has spoken out against election denialism in his own party, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year.
In its announcement Monday, the JFK Library Foundation said Adams was recognized “for expanding voting rights and standing up for free and fair elections despite party opposition and death threats from election deniers.”
Adams — whose signature policy objective is to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat — was at the forefront of a bipartisan effort with Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear that led to the enactment of 2021 legislation allowing for three days of no-excuse, early in-person voting — including on a Saturday — before Election Day. Adams hailed it as Kentucky’s most significant election law update in more than a century. About one-fifth of the Kentuckians who voted in last year’s statewide election did so during those three days of early, in-person voting, Adams’ office said Monday.
Previous:Xi Replies to Letter from Central Asian Students at China University of Petroleum
Next:Scenery of Dushanzi
You may also like
- Book on Value of Xi Jinping's Economic Thought Published
- Posts share synthetic image of Ukrainian drone attack as real
- Federal data does not show a soaring number of unauthorized migrants registering to vote
- Former world's oldest dog stripped of title
- Exhibition featuring marine civilization of South China Sea held at Hainan Museum
- Airplane passenger fined in Sydney for urinating in a cup
- Thailand ready for any scenario on Myanmar border, foreign minister says — Radio Free Asia
- Posts misrepresent a photo of a Ukrainian soldier balancing on his prosthetic limbs
- Xiplomacy: How Close People