Tuesday, May 25, 1999
Low turnout expected for Ky. primary
BY PATRICK CROWLEY
The Cincinnati Enquirer
FORT THOMAS — Though Kiki Dreyer-Burke plans to vote today, she finds the candidates uninspiring.
“I'll vote because I always do,” said Ms. Dreyer-Burke, a Fort Thomas mother of three. “But this year it's definitely out of habit instead of passion.”
Voters across Kentucky go to the polls today for two primary elections that have failed to capture the attention of the electorate.
State and local election officials say turnout could be in the single digits in some precincts.
The candidates have done lit tle campaigning in Northern Kentucky, and the names on the ballot aren't familiar to local voters.
The two races are:
• Republican governor/lieutenant governor primary, pitting Peppy Martin of Hart County and Wanda Cornelius of Taylor County against the husband and wife team of David L. and Joanna Williams of Columbia.
• Democratic state treasurer, between Louisville state lawmaker Susan Johns and Lexington attorney Jonathan Miller.
Marianne Wall confessed Monday that she didn't know who is on the ballot. But she and her husband, Burt, still intend to cast their ballots today.
“I always vote because that's my right,” Mrs. Wall said. “I don't know who is running. But I'll find out, and I'll go down to the polls and vote.”
The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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