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USPS says mail-in ballots might not get postmark on same day they are dropped off
by Jonathan Shorman Kentucky Lantern January 1, 2026 The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by Election Day will receive postmarks in time to be counted. A USPS rule that took effect on Dec. 24 says mail might not receive a postmark
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Exercise your right to vote, or do not complain
You have probably heard this before, but if you do not vote, then do not complain. We hear people complain about politicians and officials all the time. However, you may be surprised that many of those same citizens won’t get out and vote. We have the right to vote and choose our political leaders in
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Skyles invites students to display ‘I Voted’ sticker contest entries in clerk’s office
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles is encouraging students to participate in the Secretary of State’s “I Voted” sticker contest. She wants to display copies of entries from Martin County students in her office. The contest, announced by Secretary of State Michael Adams, is open to Kentucky students K-12.
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Legislative Update: Why We Vote
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOBBY MCCOOL “The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.” Louis Brandeis, Kentuckian and Associate Supreme Court Justice Nov. 7 is Election Day and while most of the nation’s attention is turned to next year’s presidential election, Kentuckians will vote this
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Cameron says that if elected he would resume efforts to add work requirement to Medicaid
Attorney General Daniel Cameron said July 28 that if elected governor he would quickly restart Republican efforts to “require some able-bodied adults to work in exchange for health-care coverage through Medicaid,” Bruce Schreiner writes for The Associated Press. When Republican Matt Bevin was governor, he tried to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients who were not caregivers
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Don’t vote for a number
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Are President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump too old to be President of the United States? The answer to this question varies and depends on your perspective. This perspective hinges on your expectations of America’s President. Should he or she be able to run up steps? What about walking
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Cameron to face off with Beshear
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Republican Daniel Cameron got the nod in Tuesday’s Primary Election to face off with Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in November. The Associated Press called the race early Tuesday as initial tallies put Cameron over 20 percentage points ahead of his closest opponent. Democratic incumbent Beshear defeated two
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2024: We can do better … or can we?
BY THOMAS L. KNAPP On April 25, US President Joe Biden announced his intention to seek reelection in 2024. “The question we’re facing,” Biden says in his announcement video, “is whether, in the years ahead, we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.” “I know what I want the answer to be,”
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New voting center added; May 16 primary election schedule
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County is adding a voting center for this year’s May 16 primary election. Instead of four voting centers, there will be five. The newest center will be inside the Martin County Government Center near the PVA office. Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles, who chairs the county board
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Newly-elected Inez officials sworn in
INEZ — The mayor and three city commissioners were sworn in Thursday at Inez City Hall. Mayor Ed Daniels City Commissioners Terry Fraley, Roy Penix and Floyd David Jude took the oath of office in a ceremony performed by Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles before the city’s regular monthly meeting. The officials were elected in
