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County clerk reports scanning, election turnout and record modernization gains
Summary
McCracken County Clerk Jamie Huskey reported grant-funded scanning of historic deeds and mortgage records, implementation of electronic vehicle titles and strong early-voting turnout at a new satellite location; the office also reported continued participation in a statewide veterans fundraiser.
County Clerk Jamie Huskey briefed the fiscal court on operations across recording, auto services and elections, describing a recent state grant that paid for document scanning and other office upgrades, changes to vehicle-title processing and election turnout data.
Huskey said a state grant of $1,502,000 allowed her office to comply with statutory scanning requirements and to refurbish aging plat cabinets and scan deeds and mortgages back to 1965; the scanned images are expected to be available in the next several months after image cleanup. The clerk said the county is treating scanned copies as the official records where permitted.
On vehicle services, the clerk said the county weathered a challenging software rollout (the system named “Cavus”) without losing staff and that electronic title transactions have increased fee revenue; the office reported averaging about 14 electronic titles and eight dealer assignments per day and said this activity has placed the county in the upper tier of daily completions statewide.
Huskey said the office participates in a statewide veterans fundraising program, Hope for Veterans, and noted the county clerk’s association distributes collected funds to Kentucky veterans homes; she reported McCracken County had residents in the Joseph Ballard Western Kentucky Veterans Center and participates in associated fundraising and auctions.
On elections, Huskey said the county added a second early‑voting center at West Kentucky Community & Technical College (WKCTC). During three days of early voting at the new center, 4,546 ballots were cast; the courthouse early‑voting center saw 3,065 ballots for the same period. The clerk reported 59,105 registered voters in the county and 30,183 turnout in the general election, a 51.1% turnout rate.
Huskey told the court she plans to request additional equipment for continuing the satellite voting center but will return to the McCracken County Board of Elections and the fiscal court for formal approvals.
No formal action was required at this briefing; the presentation was informational and highlighted operational improvements and community participation figures.
