MIKE KEM

         CHRISTIAN COUNTY CLERK MIKE KEM SAYS VOTER TURNOUT HAS BEEN LIGHT THIS MORNING, WITH ONLY ONE NOTED PROBLEM IN THE ELECTION.

         A MACHINE MALFUNCTIONED AT THE CONCORD PRECINCT, BUT THAT WAS QUICKLY DEALT WITH AND THE VOTE PROCESSING MACHINE HAS SINCE BEEN REPLACED, ACCORDING TO KEM.

         KEM SAYS HE’S STICKING WITH IS PREDICTION OF A 17 TO 18 PERCENT TURNOUT, BUT SAYS THERE ARE DOUBTERS WHO BELIEVE THOSE NUMBERS MAY BE HIGH. KEM SAYS HE MAY HAVE TO CHANGE HIS PROGNOSTICATION LATER IN THE DAY IF THINGS DON’T PICK UP.

          ONE BRIGHT SPOT WAS VOTER TURNOUT AT THE COURTHOUSE PRECINCT AS OF ABOUT 9AM—WHERE 20 VOTERS HAD CAST BALLOTS IN THE FIRST THREE HOURS. KEM SAYS THAT IS PRETTY HIGH FOR THAT PRECINCT.

            KENTUCKY RESIDENTS CAN VOTE UNTIL 6 P.M. FOR THEIR STATEWIDE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND ELECTION COVERAGE WILL BEGIN ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS AT 6 P.M.

 11/08/2011/AM