LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky and the country continue to react after President Joe Biden announced he is no longer seeking reelection. Democrats will now reassess whom they put on the ticket this November.

Secretary of State Michael Adams, R-Ky., said 24 hours after Biden dropped out of the presidential race, he and many other Americans are feeling relieved.

“As an American citizen I was pleased to see the President decline reelection. Even 3/4s of Democrats think Joe Biden does isn’t up to four more years as president,” Adams said.

Nearly 14.5 million Democrats voted for Biden in the primaries earlier this year. Despite this, Adams explains Biden was never the official nominee.

“If a candidate wins enough delegates to win the nomination on a first ballot, then that person is the presumptive nominee as Joe Biden has been but he can always release his delegates which is what is happening now so those folks can vote for anybody they want,” Adams said.

Adams said the change in nominee does not pose any hurdles. In Kentucky, the Secretary of State’s office waits until both parties hold their conventions and formally nominate a candidate before printing ballots.

“Other state laws are similar. I don’t think you’re going to have any state where the ballots are going to have to be reprinted. This should be a pretty seamless process,” Adams said.

Adams addressed a conference of Kentucky county clerks Monday. He said it was ironic for it to happen a day after Biden dropped out.

“I was scheduled to speak here, anyway; I do typically speak to them, but I was expressly asked yesterday to take questions primarily about how does this change their jobs; the good news is it doesn’t,” Adams said.

The Democratic National Convention occurs next month in Chicago.

Adams also said under state law if Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., is picked to be a vice-presidential candidate he does not have to resign. Beshear would only have to resign if he appears on a winning ticket.