KY Secretary of State

Off-year elections on Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year's races for the White House and Congress.

Kentucky election officials have been working to clean up the state's voter rolls in recent years, and on Friday they say about 127,000 people who have died, moved or otherwise become ineligible will be removed.

The more high profile of the two proposed constitutional amendments will determine the future of abortion rights in the commonwealth.

For newly naturalized immigrants, Kentucky's May 21st primary election marks the first time to vote as a U.S. citizen. Steven Thomas came to Kentucky from…