According to the National Archives, before a general election, each candidate running for president chooses a slate of electors for every state. If the candidate is declared the winner in the state, their slate is then able to cast their vote in the Electoral College. Kentucky has eight votes. This year, those went to Donald Trump.

The idea that our vote, your vote, every Kentuckian’s vote, would be sought by the candidates just as much as every other vote around the country — to me, that’s a better process,” Beshear said.