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Kentucky Kernel

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Vote no to Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 2

Christian Kantosky, Reporter October 20, 2024

Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 2, which will be on the ballot for Election Day here in Kentucky on Nov. 5, 2024, proposes a change which would allow state funding to be allocated to non-public educational...

Elections officer Emily Libecap, who is earning a concurrent Master’s in history and library science at UK, assists a voter with the ballot scanner while working the Dunbar Community Center polling location in Lexington, Kentucky on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Poll volunteers fulfill ‘civic duty’, witness history this election season

Natalie Parks November 8, 2020

As the presidential election begins an inexorable slide to its conclusion, patterns are emerging about Election Day and voter turnout. The story so far is one of increased civic engagement. President-elect...

Voters spread out in the gym of Ballard High School, a voting location in Louisville, Kentucky, as they cast their votes on Election Day, Nov. 3., 2020. Photo by Clare Egan.

Louisville voters on the how and why of their voting method

Clare Egan November 4, 2020

The ballots kept coming in Louisville. Kentuckians sent in absentee ballots, voted early in-person or cast their ballot in-person on Election Day. Not only did voters have a variety of voting methods to...

Myles Racino, BCTC student and barista, poses for a portrait behind the counter of Third Street Stuff and Coffee on Nov. 3, 2020, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Almost normal: Local workers say Election Day business as usual

The University of Kentucky declared Election Day an academic holiday, giving students and faculty the day off, though staff like dining hall employees continued to work. At eight locations around town,...

Mitch McConnell gives victory remarks at his Election Night watch party. 

A “clear choice.” McConnell defeats McGrath to win his seventh Senate term

Sarah Michels November 3, 2020

After months of attack ads, fundraising and campaigning, Mitch McConnell solidly retained his Senate seat Election night against Democratic candidate Amy McGrath. It came as little surprise to Kentuckians,...

Lexington voters fill out their ballots at the Dunbar Community Center polling location on Nov. 3, 2020, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Election round-up: What Kernelites are seeing and hearing in Lexington

Natalie Parks November 3, 2020

Results updateSaturday, Nov. 7: The Associated Press, New York Times and other outlets call the Presidential race in favor of Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes pushed the...

NCAA Social Activism Statement

NCAA encourages schools to make Election Day a day off for athletes

Braden Ramsey June 12, 2020

Earlier this afternoon, the NCAA Board of Governors released a statement on Social Activism in which it put out a call to action of sorts for its member schools and expressed support for student-athlete...

UK students react to Election Day 2018

McKenna Horsley November 7, 2018

 University of Kentucky students recount their voting experiences, give their opinion on the outcome of elections and give reasons for young voters why go or don't go to the polls.

Kernel Opinion SIG

UK should close on every election day, not just presidential years

November 2, 2018

A little over two years from today, UK will close its doors for classes on Tuesday, Nov. 3, for the 2020 presidential election.While the presidential election is considered an academic holiday at UK, midterm...

Hillary Clinton addresses supporters on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 during a rally at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pa. (Steven M. Falk/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Clinton fails to make history, loses race

November 8, 2016

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the chance to become the first female president of the United States on Tuesday night.Trump won 62.5 percent of Kentucky's vote, according to CNN."This...

Congressman Andy Barr was all smiles after regaining his seat as a United States Representative for Kentucky's 6th congressional district on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 in Lexington, Ky. photo by Addison Coffey | Staff

Andy Barr wins 6th District Congressional race

Emily Cole and Sara Nederhoed November 8, 2016

Republican Andy Barr was re-elected for his third term as state representative for Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District.Barr was initially elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 and sought...

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