Jefferson County election machines certified for Dec. 16 special election

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Jefferson County Clerk's Office is taking steps to make sure voting in the upcoming special election in Kentucky runs smoothly.

There's a process to make sure voting machines do what they're supposed to. Officials have to test every possible scenario and problem that could occur.

For this particular election, it took about three days to run 480 ballots through each machine.

It's all to make sure that every candidate has its selections and every vote is counted.

"We got to make sure that everything runs smoothly. We've seen elections where they don't go right, and that's not fair to the voters," Jefferson County Clerk David Yates said. "Their time is so important to us, we want to make sure that people know that their vote is done accurately and that it's done efficiently. They're taking time out of their day to do this really important process and we want to make sure we deliver for them."

The Dec. 16 special election is to fill the District 37 Senate seat left vacant when Yates took over as Jefferson County clerk following the death of longtime clerk Bobbie Holsclaw.

Democrat Gary Clemons and Republican Calvin Leach are facing off for the seat.

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