Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is still refusing to say whether or not she voted for Barack Obama. The LA Times,
The question of how the Democrat voted in the 2012 presidential race has vexed Lundergan Grimes since she awkwardly and repeatedly avoided answering it last week in a meeting with the editorial board of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Monday’s first and only debate with incumbent Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell offered her a chance to push the issue aside.
But when it came up, Lundergan Grimes only offered a new twist on the non-answer that has puzzled political observers.
“This is a matter of principle,” she said when asked why she was reluctant to share her 2012 choice. “Our constitution grants here in Kentucky the constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box, for a secret ballot. You have that right, Sen. McConnell has that right, every Kentuckian has that right.”
“As secretary of state, the chief election official, I’m tasked with overseeing and making sure that we’re enforcing all of our election laws. And I’ve worked very closely, especially with the members of our military, to ensure the privacy at the ballot box,” she continued. “I’m not going to compromise a constitutional right provided here in Kentucky in order to curry favor on one or the other side, or for members of the media. I’ll protect that right.”
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