Secretary of State Michael Adams announced on Monday he has launched a $250,000 statewide advertising campaign to promote early voting in the 2024 general election, rather than waiting until Election Day itself, Nov. 5.
“I’m putting my money where my mouth is and using funds from my office to encourage early voting,” Adams said. “Skip the lines and vote the Thursday, Friday, or Saturday before Election Day. Voting early is just like voting on Election Day, except the lines will be shorter.”
The ad campaign includes statewide television ads and billboards, which remind all Kentuckians that they can vote early on Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. Adams say the promotional effort may be supplemented further should sufficient funds be available.
The voter registration deadline for the November General Election passed at 4 p.m. Monday.
According to Adams’ office, through the end of September, there were 3,157,593 people who had registered to vote and therefore eligible to cast their ballots in the General Election. Republican registrants account for 47 percent of Kentucky’s electorate, Democrats 43 percent, with the remainder either registered as Independent or under other political affiliations.
Among the races that will be on the ballot this year are President and Vice-President of the United States, all six of Kentucky’s U.S. House seats, the odd-numbered districts in the Kentucky Senate, all 100 Kentucky House seats, some Commonwealth’s Attorneys, one Kentucky Supreme Court seat (the district covering central Kentucky), one position on the Kentucky Court of Appeals in Western Kentucky, a circuit court seat in Daviess County, one district judge’s race in McCracken County, a Family Court Judge’s race in Jefferson County and two proposed constitutional amendments.
Early voting locations and hours, both of which can differ from Election Day itself, can be found for all 120 counties, by going to govote.ky.gov.
(Photo: Kentucky Sec. of State Michael Adams)
By Tom Latek, Kentucky Today
