Frankfort, KY. — The Kentucky Senate voted Tuesday to limit Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes’ influence over the State Board of Elections. The Republican-dominated Senate passed Senate Bill 34 on a 27-8 vote, sending the proposal to the GOP-led House. The legislation, which would take effect immediately if it becomes law, would apply to Grimes and future secretaries of state. The bill stems from accusations that Grimes overreached her authority as the state’s elections chief and wielded excessive power over the elections board. Grimes denounced the Senate vote, saying the bill would “disrupt” statewide elections later this year when voters will choose a new governor and fill other constitutional offices. The measure would eliminate the secretary of state’s access to the state voter registration rolls and would remove the secretary of state as chairperson of the State Board of Elections. The bill also would add two members to the elections board, which now has six regular members. The new members would be two county clerks — one Republican and one Democrat. They would join the existing three Democrats and three Republicans appointed to the board by the governor.