by Madeline Janicki – 

Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes along with other members of the National Association of Secretaries of State unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution in response to a letter they received from the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.

In a statement, Grimes said that she helped lead the effort to reaffirm states’ constitutional rights to administer federal, state and local elections.

“As chief election officials, we are resolute in our shared obligation to ensure our elections are free and fair and engender the trust of our citizens,” Grimes said in a statement. “That means reaffirming the rights of our states to run our elections and protecting voters from unwarranted risks to their personal, sensitive information.”

The resolution reiterates the responsibilities of states to run elections and secretaries’ collective commitment to strengthening election cybersecurity and processes and increasing voter participation.