Early, in-person voting begins on Thursday in Kentucky.
In Grayson County, residents may cast votes at the Centre on Main in Leitchfield on Thursday, Friday and Saturday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
“All registered Kentucky voters who have not requested a mail-in absentee ballot can vote early without an excuse. State law calls this a ‘no-excuse in-person absentee ballot,” Michael Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State said.
Adams is encouraging Kentuckians to take advantage of voting early to avoid long lines on Election Day.
“The best way to avoid lines at the polls is to take advantage of our early voting days, this Thursday through Saturday,” Adams said. “But the more important reason is for every person that votes early – and has a more convenient day, gets in that much faster, gets out that much faster – it also makes the lines shorter on Tuesday, Election Day. So early voting helps both voters that have the convenience to vote early but also the people who don’t vote early.”
Adams further emphasized that early voting is just as secure as voting on Election Day.
“The same security is in place. We don’t count the votes that are cast early,” Adams said. I don’t know how many votes I get or how many the other guy gets. I have no idea. No one does. We don’t close out the ballot scanners until the polls close on election night.”
On Election Day (Tuesday, November 7), voters may utilize one of seven polling places: Centre on Main, Church of Joy, old Caneyville school, Falls of Rough Fire Department, Rock Creek Voting House, Clarkson City Hall and Community Center, and Big Clifty Community Center.
Adams is predicting a statewide turnout between 40 and 42 percent.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
