Tuesday is the last day to register to vote in Kentucky’s General Election. Here’s how.
Tuesday is the last day to register to vote in Kentucky’s General Election, and there are a few options to get it done.
Kentucky residents can visit GoVoteKy.com to either register or update their voter registration. The process takes just a few minutes.
To be eligible to vote in Kentucky, you must be a U.S. citizen, live in Kentucky and be at least 18 years of age on or before the election. You cannot be a convicted felon, not be judged by a court as “mentally incompetent” and not claim the right to vote in another state.
Eligible voters can also register at their local county clerk’s office.
The GoVoteKy website allows eligible voters to review where their voting location is and to read more about candidates.
If you have any questions about voting, you can contact the Kentucky State Board of Elections at 502-573-7100.
At the end of September, there were 3,384,754 registered voters in Kentucky.
For the first time since at least the World War II era, Democrats do not make up a majority of registered voters in Kentucky. According to data on the Secretary of State website, 49.7 percent of registered voters are Democrats, 41.62 percent are Republicans, 5.5 percent are registered Independent and 2.7 percent are Libertarian.
In 2016, there were 3,306,120 Kentucky residents who were registered, 59.1 percent of whom voted.
The 2018 General Election is Tuesday, Nov. 6.
This story was originally published October 8, 2018 at 12:10 PM.