Call the County Clerk's office (859) 238-1110 to request that a registration card be mailed to you or stop by and complete a card when you visit:

• Driver's License Bureau
• Military recruitment offices
• Designated public assistance agencies
• For more information about how to register, click here.

You may register to vote if you are:

• A native-born or naturalized U.S. citizen who is 18 years old by the general election
• A resident of the state and county at least 28 days before election
• A convicted felon whose civil rights have been legally restored
• Any citizen who has not been judged "mentally incompetent" in a court of law
• Any citizen who does not claim the right to vote outside Kentucky

The registration deadline is 28 days before each election. The Primary Election is held the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May; the General Election is held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

December 31st is the deadline each year for changing your political party affiliation to be eligible to vote in your party's primary election the following year.

People who require voting assistance due to temporary/permanent disability or an inability to read English may apply to their County Board of Elections for a certification of a need for voting assistance. A person may also request voting assistance from someone of their choice or two election officers at the polls. A person may not be assisted by their employer, his/her agent, a union officer or agent of that voter's union.

Possibly, make sure you change your address with the Board of Elections so you can vote in your correct polling location on Election Day.

To find your voting location call the clerk's office at (859) 238-1110.
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Proper forms of identification are:

• Drivers' license
• Voter registration card
• Credit card
• Social security card
• Personal acquaintance of a poll worker or other personal identification

Voters who will be outside the county on Election Day may vote in person at the County Clerk Office, at least 30 days before the election.

Kentucky law allows mailing an absentee ballot for these reasons:

• Person is unable go to the polling places to vote due to age, disability, or illness on Election Day.
• A student, who temporarily resides outside the county in which he/she is registered voter.
• Voters, who are temporarily resides outside the state of Kentucky, but who are still eligible to vote in this state.
• Person incarcerated in jail that has been charged with a crime but has yet to be convicted of the crime.
• Person whose employment location requires him/her to be absent from the county all hours and all days absentee voting by machine is conducted.
• Military personnel confined to a military base on Election Day.
• Residents of Kentucky and their dependents who are members of the Armed Forces are eligible to vote.
• Kentucky citizens who are residing overseas are eligible to vote in this state.

The deadline to return the official "Application for Absentee Ballot" is seven (7) days before an election. You may request an application from the County Clerk's offices in person or by mail, fax, phone or e-mail. Call (859) 238-1110 for more information.

The polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

It is possible when their 18th birthday is after the primary election but on or before the date of the general election.

No. Kentucky has a closed primary system. The independently registered voter may only vote for non-partisan driven races or issues in the primary election.

No, only if the voters have moved, have had a name change, and/or wishes to change their party affiliation.

Voters should contact their political party headquarters for additional information.

It is settled by lot, the method is determined by the County Board of Elections.