• Official State Website
• Secretary of State Website
• Absentee Voting Rules Webpage

Who can register to vote?

To register you must:

• be a U.S. Citizen and a Kentucky resident for at least 28 days
• be at least 18 years old by the date of the next general election (if you will be 18 by the November general election, you are eligible to vote in the prior May primary election)
• not be a convicted felon or, if convicted of a felony offense, you must have had your civil rights restored. Contact your local parole office to obtain an application for restoration of civil rights
• not have been judged "mentally incompetent" in a court of law and have voting rights removed.
• not claim the right to vote anywhere outside Kentucky

Where can you register to vote?

You can register at one of the following locations:

• County clerk's office
• Driver's license office, if you are applying for or renewing your driver's license
• K-TAP
• Food Stamp
• Medicaid
• WIC, and state-funded offices serving those with disabilities, if you are a client of these offices
• Armed forces recruitment offices, if you are a prospective member of the armed forces
• High schools, if you are a student or staff member
• Kentucky mail - in Voter Registration Card (pdf)
• Federal mail - in Voter Registration Card (pdf)

The completed voter registration card must be mailed or returned at least 28 days prior to the election. Use the Checklist for Voter Registration Drive to ensure that you have correctly registered to vote.

On election day, where should you vote?

You will receive a notice in the mail from the county clerk with your precinct name and voting location address. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., local time. All those in line by 6 p.m. will be able to vote. If you have any questions concerning where to vote, call your county clerk or visit the Voter Information Center available on this web site.

Deadlines

• Deadline to register to vote in November 2008 election: October 6th, 2008 (pdf)
• Deadline to register for absentee ballot in November 2008 election: October 28th, 2008 (pdf)

Voting Equipment

You may request instructions on how to use the voting machine from the precinct election officials assigned to your precinct on election day. You may also request a sample ballot to review while waiting to vote.

Disability accomodations

Under the new Help America Vote Act (HAVA), all states are requires to have a voting machine in each polling place that allows anyone with a disability to cast a ballot free of outside assistance. Nevertheless, voters who ask for voting assistance due to physical disability, blindness or an inability to read English may request voting assistance at the polls on election day. Physical disability and blindness are the only two reasons a voter may apply to the county board of elections for permanent voting assistance. A person may receive assistance from someone of their choice or the two election officers at the polls. A person may not be assisted by their employer, the employer's agent, a union officer or agent of that voter's union.