LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentuckians across the Commonwealth will be making their voices heard this November.
This year's general election takes place on Nov. 5. Polls will open at 6 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.
Remember: if you are in line by 6 p.m., you are still eligible to vote, so stay in line until your ballot has been cast.
You can vote at any of the following locations as part of in-person no excuse absentee voting from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and Nov. 2:
- Berrytown Recreation Center 1300 Heafer Rd., 40223
- Bowman Field-Administration Building 2815 Taylorsville Rd., 40205
- Cyril Allgeier Community Center 4101 Cadillac Ct., 40213
- Epiphany United Methodist Church 7032 Southside Dr., 40214
- Goodwill Opportunity Campus 2820 W. Broadway., 40211
- Immanuel United Church of Christ 2300 Taylorsville Rd., 40205
- Jefferson County Clerk’s Office (West Branch) 228 Amy Ave., 40212
- Kentucky Center For African American Heritage 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd., 40203
- Lyndon Elks Lodge #2052 904 Ormsby Ln., 40242
- New Zion Baptist Church 1501 Louis Coleman Jr. Dr., 40211
- Okolona Christian Church 10801 Faithful Way., 40229
- St. Andrew United Church of Christ 2608 Browns Ln., 40220
- St. Simon and Jude Catholic Church 4335 Hazelwood Ave., 40215
- Sun Valley Community Center 6505 Bethany Ln., 40272
- Teamsters Local Union #783 7711 Beulah Church Rd., 40228
- The Arterburn 310 Ten Pin Ln., 40207
- The Heritage-Shively Park 1901 Park Rd., 40216
- The Jeffersonian 10617 Taylorsville Rd., 40299
- Triple Crown Pavilion 1780 Plantside Dr., 40299
- UofL Shelby Campus – Founders Union Building (Rm 218) 450 N. Whittington Pkwy., 40222
Anyone who wishes to hand deliver their mail in ballot can find a drop box location here.
Voters are required to bring some form of identification. That could be a driver's license, a military ID, a college ID or other government-issued ID.
The last day to to request a mail-in absentee ballot is Oct. 22. All mail-in absentee ballots must be received by 6 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.
To find your polling location, click here and be sure to enter your address.
Military and overseas voting
The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act creates special provisions for absent uniformed services and overseas citizens to vote by mail in primary, general and special elections for federal offices.
To obtain a ballot you must already be registered to vote.
Voters can then request an absentee ballot by filling out a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA). The FPCA must be returned to the voter's County Clerk's office no later than seven days prior to an election.
Amendments 1 and 2
Kentuckians will be voting on two proposed constitutional amendments in this general election.
Constitutional Amendment 1 aims to change language within Kentucky's Constitution to prevent anyone who is not a citizen of the United States from being allowed to vote.
The constitutional amendment says:
"Are you in favor of amending Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as stated below?
IT IS PROPOSED THAT SECTION 145 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF KENTUCKY BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
Every citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years who has resided in the state one year, and in the county six months, and the precinct in which he or she offers to vote sixty days next preceding the election, shall be a voter in said precinct and not elsewhere. No person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be allowed to vote in this state. The following persons also shall not have the right to vote:
1. Persons convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction of treason, or felony, or bribery in an election, or of such high misdemeanor as the General Assembly may declare shall operate as an exclusion from the right of suffrage, but persons hereby excluded may be restored to their civil rights by executive pardon.
2. Persons who, at the time of the election, are in confinement under the judgment of a court for some penal offense.
3. Idiots and insane persons.
IT IS PROPOSED THAT SECTION 155 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF KENTUCKY BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
The provisions of Sections 145 to 154, inclusive, shall not apply to the election of school trustees and other common school district elections. Said elections shall be regulated by the General Assembly, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. No person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be allowed to vote in said elections."
"To give parents choices in educational opportunities for their children, are you in favor of enabling the General Assembly to provide financial support for the education costs of students in kindergarten through 12th grade who are outside the system of common (public) schools?"
A "yes" vote would change the constitution to allow for public funds to go towards private schools, while a "no" vote would keep that money for public schools.
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