"Yes! First time," Jada Kennmore, 23, cheered. "I was a little bit nervous, not gonna lie."
Her family convinced her to join in on the first of three days of early voting in Kentucky on Thursday.
Lines stretched outside the door at Bowman Field, an hour-and-a-half wait for some voters. It was shorter at Okolona Christian Church, where even if the line looked long, it only took about 30 minutes to make it through.
"Everybody seemed to be working together to make it move fast," Jean Burton said, her voter wristband stuck to her collar.
But election officials worry two constitutional amendments could slow down voting.
With Amendment 1, voters will decide if they want to add one line to Kentucky's constitution, saying: "No person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be allowed to vote in this state."
Voting "yest" puts the language in, while a "no" vote means nothing will change.
"Pay your time and your just dues like everybody else," Hugh Hobbs said after voting to include the language. "And then, once you get your citizenship, okay, you have your right to vote."
Ashanti Olive went with "no," though she thought it should've been more obvious what line was being added.
"I didn't really know what I was gonna get myself into," she said.
Kentucky's constitution already implies citizenship is required to vote, however, the amendment would just solidify the law.
With that and the school-funding Amendment 2 on the ballot, Ashley Tinius, a spokesperson for the Jefferson County Clerk's office, said voters should come prepared.
"The election officers can't help you with those," she explained. "Those are up to the voters to make their decision and there's a four-minute policy."
A four-minute time limit to vote they may enforce if lines get too long on Election Day.
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