Election Law Violations Hotline Updates

To report suspected election law violations and voting irregularities, click here.

2026 General Election – Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Prior to polls opening on Election Day the Attorney General's Office fielded 129 pre-election day complaints. On Election Day, the hotline has received 215 calls in 58 counties. Since polls closed on Election Day The Attorney General's Office has received 50 complaints.

The complaints below have been divided into three columns to indicate complaints received prior to November 3, Election Day and complaints received after the polls closed. The complaints not reflected in the columns below are from out-of-state or were not specific to a county.

The description of the type of complaint received is based only on information initially provided by the complainant. It does not indicate that the complaint was substantiated.

*Complaints listed by county

Updated Nov. 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM ET.

County

Pre-November 3 Complaints Election Day Complaints

Post-Poll Closing Complaints

Adair

Allen

Anderson

1 Election Official

2 Ballot Issue

Ballard

1 Ballot Issue

Barren

1 Electioneering

1 Procedural Question

Bath

1 Campaign Violation

1 Legal Question

Bell

2 Ballot Issue
1 Election Official

Boone

1 Procedural Question

1 Election Official

1 Electioneering

1 Campaign Violation

1 Election Official

1 Legal Question

2 Procedural Question

1 Legal Question

Bourbon

1 Legal Question

Boyd

1 Residency

1 Absentee Ballot

1 Procedural Question

Boyle

Bracken

Breathitt

1 Election Official

1 Ballot Issue
1 Party Changed/Switched

Breckinridge

1 Ballot Issue

Bullitt

1 Election Official

5 Ballot Issue

1 Election Official

1 Procedural Question

Butler

2 Campaign Violation

Caldwell

1 Procedural Question

Calloway

1 Campaign Violation

Campbell

1 Ballot Issue

1 Campaign Violation

1 Legal Question

1 Residency

Carlisle

Carroll

Carter

1 Absentee Ballot

2 Ballot Issue

1 Procedural Question

1 Residency

1 Voter Assistance

1 Vote Buying/Selling

Casey

Christian

1 Procedural Question
1 Ballot Issue

1 Procedural Question

Clark

2 Electioneering

Clay

1 Election Official

2 Vote Buying/Selling

1 Voting Machine

Clinton

Crittenden

Cumberland

Daviess

1 Absentee Ballot

2 Legal Question

Edmonson

Elliott

Estill

1 Election Official

1 Ballot Issue

Fayette

1 Campaign Violation

2 Legal Question

1 Absentee Ballot

2 Voter Assistance

2 Ballot Issue

2 Ballot Issue

1 Campaign Violation

3 Election Official

2 Electioneering

1 Procedural Question

1 Voter Assistance

2 Voting Machine

2 Ballot Issue

Fleming

Floyd

2 Ballot Issue

1 Voting Machine
2 Electioneering

1 Residency

Franklin

1 Vote Buying/Selling

1 Ballot Issue

2 Campaign Violation

1 Election Official

1 Ballot Issue

Fulton

Gallatin

2 Ballot Issue

Garrard

Grant

1 Voting Machine

Graves

1 Election Official

Grayson

Green

4 Ballot Issue

Greenup

1 Election Official

Hancock

Hardin

2 Election Official

2 Procedural Question

1 Voter Assistance

Harlan

1 Procedural Question

1 Vote Buying/Selling

Harrison

1 Election Official

Hart

Henderson

1	Convicted Felon Voting

Henry

1 Election Official

Hickman

Hopkins

1	Procedural Question

2 Ballot Issue
1 Election Official

1 Ballot Issue
1 Residency

Jackson

1	Campaign Violation

2 Ballot Issue

Jefferson

1 Absentee Ballot

3 Ballot Issue

5 Campaign Violation

2 Election Official

1 Electioneering

1 Legal Question

1 Mailer

2 Procedural Question

1 Vote Buying/Selling

1 Voter Assistance

2 Absentee Ballot

8 Ballot Issue

1 Campaign Violation

4 Election Official

5 Electioneering

3 Legal Question

4 Procedural Question

3 Residency

5 Voter Assistance

5 Voting Machine

1 Absentee Ballot
2 Ballot Issue
2 Legal Question
1 Procedural Question

Jessamine

1 Procedural Question

1 Ballot Issue

1 Voter Assistance

Johnson

1 Election Official

1 Voting Machine

Kenton

1 Ballot Issue

1 Campaign Violation

2 Legal Question

1 Procedural Question

1 Voting Machine

3 Electioneering
1 Ballot Issue

2 Ballot Issue
1 Election Official
1 Procedural Question

Knott

1 Ballot Issue

1 Electioneering

10 Ballot Issue
2 Procedural Question
2 Voting Machine
1 Election Official

Knox

1 Procedural Question

1 Electioneering

LaRue

1	Voter Assistance

Laurel

1 Procedural Question

1 Election Official
1 Ballot Issue

Lawrence

1 Electioneering

Lee

Leslie

Letcher

1 Campaign Violation

1 Party Changed/Switched

1 Vote Buying/Selling

7 Campaign Violation
3 Electioneering
1 Election Official

Lewis

Lincoln

2	Election Official

1 Ballot Issue

Livingston

1	Campaign Violation

Logan

Lyon

1	Convicted Felon Voting

Madison

1 Absentee Ballot

1 Voter Assistance

1 Voting Machine

1 Residency

2 Ballot Issue

1 Electioneering

1 Procedural Question

Magoffin

1 Procedural Question

2 Vote Buying/Selling

1 Voter Assistance

1 Procedural Question

Marion

1 Electioneering

Marshall

Martin

1 Vote Buying/Selling

3 Electioneering

Mason

McCracken

2 Ballot Issue

2 Campaign Violation

1 Election Official

1 Legal Question

1 Campaign Violation
1 Voting Machine

McCreary

1 Campaign Violation

1 Procedural Question

McLean

Meade

1 Voter Assistance

Menifee

Mercer

Metcalfe

Monroe

1	Campaign Violation

Montgomery

Morgan

Muhlenberg

Nelson

1 Legal Question

Nicholas

1 Campaign Violation

1 Election Official

1 Electioneering

1 Electioneering
3 Procedural Question

Ohio

Oldham

2 Election Official

1 Electioneering

1 Procedural Question

1 Voting Machine

Owen

Owsley

Mailer

1 Campaign Violation

1 Legal Question

1 Voter Assistance

Pendelton

Perry

1 Campaign Violation

2 Electioneering

1 Vote Buying/Selling

1 Procedural Question
1 Election Official

2 Electioneering

Pike

2 Election Official
2 Ballot Issue

Powell

1 Voting Machine

1 Election Official

1 Absentee Ballot

Pulaski

1 Ballot Issue

1 Residency

1 Campaign Violation

1 Procedural Question

Robertson

3	Election Official

Rockcastle

Rowan

1 Campaign Violation
1 Electioneering

1 Residency

Russell

1 Procedural Question
2 Ballot Issue

Scott

1 Ballot Issue
1 Campaign Violation

Shelby

1 Electioneering

2 Campaign Violation

1 Election Official

2 Electioneering

Simpson

Spencer

1 Procedural Question

Taylor

1 Electioneering

Todd

1 Electioneering

1 Ballot Issue

Trigg

Trimble

Union

Warren

1 Election Official

1 Legal Question
1 Procedural Question
1 Ballot Issue

1 Ballot Issue
1 Voting Machine

Washington

1 Residency

Wayne

5 Ballot Issue

1 Campaign Violation

2 Legal Question

Webster

Whitley

1 Electioneering
1 Legal Question

1 Legal Question

Wolfe

1 Election Official
3 Legal Question

Woodford

1	Absentee Ballot

2 Electioneering

1 Person Voting More Than Once
1 Absentee Ballot

Statewide

1 Legal Question

Unknown

1 Ballot Issue

3 Legal Question

1 Voter Assistance

2 Electioneering

2 Legal Question

6 Procedural Question

1 Voter Assistance

1 Procedural Question
1 Ballot Issue
1 Legal Question

Out of State

1 Ballot Issue

Election Law Violations Hotline

Kentuckians who witness election irregularities or possible election law violations are encouraged to call 800-328-VOTE (800-328-8683).

The hotline is open during regular business hours and from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on Election Day.

Enforcement of Election Laws

KRS 15.243 gives the Attorney General jurisdiction to investigate and enforce election law violations by civil and criminal means. Reports made to the Election Law Violation Hotline are listed in the table on this page and will be updated throughout the day of the election.

In addition to the hotline, investigators from the Attorney General’s office may patrol precincts and polling places across the Commonwealth on Election Day in order to respond immediately to complaints. Attorney General Russell Coleman is committed to upholding election laws and holding those who break them accountable.

* The Office of the Attorney General, by law, cannot provide details regarding specific complaints or pending investigations.

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2026 General Election – Tuesday, November 3, 2026

​Election Law Violations Hotline

Enforcement of Election Laws

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