If Amendment 2 passes, Kentucky's General Assembly could introduce a school choice program as early as the 2025 legislative session.

Kulkarni, herself a naturalized citizen, said she believes the amendment’s language sends a message to immigrant communities that “you don’t belong here,” and believed newly naturalized citizens could be intimidated to cast their vote. “The right to vote is the carrot on the stick to become a citizen,” Watson told FOX 56 in response.

Continuing a trend seen in 2023 and 2022, more Kentuckians are drifting away from the Republican and Democratic parties and registering as independents, with their share of the electorate now reaching 11%. The majority are young, between the ages of 18 and 29, and they tend to be first-time voters, according to Adams.

(LEX 18) — This November, there will be two constitutional amendments on the ballot for voters to decide. Amendment 2, the school choice measure, has received a lot of attention. But there has been little conversation surrounding the other one - Amendment 1, a citizenship requirement measure.

Campaigns for and against Amendment 2 are spending millions to get their messages heard ahead of Election Day.

BARBOURVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - The 2024 general election is headlined by the presidential race, but there are several issues voters in Kentucky will make decisions on. For some counties and cities, medical cannabis will be on the ballot. Voters can decide whether or not to allow the operation and sale of medical cannabis in their city or county.

There's more than a legislative seat at stake in the race for one Kentucky House district. Here's what to know ahead of Election Day.

Kentucky is one of three states where voters will be asked this fall to decide whether public money should go to support private education.

Passage of the Freedom to Vote Act would have expanded access to voter registration and the ballot box for millions of Kentuckians for the 2024 election.

Kentucky Right to Life is endorsing in fewer legislative races this year — 45 candidates for the General Assembly received an endorsement from the anti-abortion group, down from 86 in 2022 and 88 in 2020.

Kentucky’s 2024 general election will decide who will get the state’s eight electoral college votes for the presidential race. Some districts will have local elections, such as city council positions or special elections. Two key statewide issues, Amendment 1 and Amendment 2, are also on the ballot.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said in an interview Sunday that “it hurts” to see former President Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the Republican vice presidential nominee, lie about the results of the 2020 election and natural disasters.