The Kentucky Secretary of State, Michael Adams, and the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives Frankfort Youth Tour will be at the Kentucky State Capitol today, March 22, to launch their 2023 Co-ops Vote campaign, a non-partisan effort to improve voter turnout in rural areas.
While there has been an increase in voter turnout in years past, in 2022 the general election registered the lowest voter turnout in a midterm election in nearly 30 years. Co-ops Vote began in 2016 with the goal of reversing the downward turn in rural voting.
Kentucky Electric Cooperatives is the statewide association which provides representation before the General Assembly, Congress, regulatory bodies and more. The campaign is set to start at 1:30 in Annex Room 169.
Kentucky’s Electric Cooperatives serves about 1.7 million people—about 35% of the state’s population—in 117 of Kentucky’s 120 counties. Kentucky Electric Cooperatives is the statewide association which provides representation before the General Assembly, Congress, and regulatory bodies; safety training; coordination of management training; and public relations support including publication of Kentucky Living magazine. Kentucky Electric Cooperatives is governed by a board consisting of one manager and one director from each of its 26 member systems and is headquartered in Louisville.
