VOTE!!

Kentucky's 2023 general election is November 7, 2023. Two lessons we learned from our past: (1) time passes quickly (2) our votes count!

Start talking about it now!! Encourage your friends and relatives to register at http://govoteky.com and check their personalized voting information (including the two proposed constitutional amendments on their ballot) at Kentucky Voting Information (vote411.org). Voters will be required to present a document issued by the federal, state, or local government, or public/private college containing the voter's name and photo. If you don't already have a photo ID, Kentucky is currently offering free voter ID cards at any Driver Licensing Regional Office. Check their website for requirements. Last day to register to vote for the general election is October 10, 2023.

Kentucky 2023 Polling Locations

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When we vote, we’re choosing what kind of Kentucky we want to call home. Kentucky's general election in November includes elections for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state legislature and many county, city, and judicial elections. Every election matters.

Check your status and your voter registration.

October 10, 2023 4:00 pm local time is the general election voter registration deadline. Please take a moment to check your voter registration at www.GoVoteKY.com to make sure that you are registered to vote where you’re living now. Ask your friends and family to check their voter registrations too.

200,000 Kentuckians with felonies in their past won the right to vote again a few years ago, but largely have not been informed that they can now vote. You can find out if you or a friend of yours recently got your right to vote back at Check Your Status - Civil Rights Restoration (kentucky.gov)

Election Day is November 7th 6am - 6pm

Every registered Kentuckian will have the chance to vote November 7, 2023 in person from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, usually at one or more vote centers in your county. Reach out to your local County Clerk’s office to learn where, for example: Fayette County Clerk | Lexington, KY | Elections and Polling Locations - State Board of Elections (ky.gov)

In-Person
No-Excuse Absentee Voting

Every registered Kentuckian will have the chance to vote early November 2, 3, 4 2023 in person from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, usually at one or more vote centers in your county. Reach out to your local County Clerk’s office to learn where, for example: Fayette County Clerk | Lexington, KY | Elections and Polling Locations - State Board of Elections (ky.gov)

Fayette County In-Person No-Excuse Absentee Location

November 2, 3, 4 2023

Excused
In-Person
Absentee Voting

If you meet one of these eligibility requirements, registered Kentuckian will have the chance to vote extra-early October 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, November 1, 2023 in person from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, at one or more vote centers in your county. Reach out to your local County Clerk’s office to learn where, for example: Fayette County Clerk | Lexington, KY | Elections and Polling Locations - State Board of Elections (ky.gov)

Extra-Early Excused in-person absentee voting:

To qualify for Extra-Early excused in-person absentee voting, you must fulfill one of the following criteria:

Age, disability or illness that prevent later voting
Living out of state temporarily
Living out of county temporarily as a student
Working or commuting during voting hours
Scheduled surgery and hospitalization (self or spouse)
Pregnancy in last trimester
Working as election officer
A military or overseas voter
A uniformed services voter confined to base

Fayette County In-Person Excused Absentee Location

October 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, November 1, 2023

Fayette County Clerk's Office
162 E. Main Street
Lexington, KY 40507

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Mail-In
Absentee voting

There won’t be broad voting by mail this election, but if you meet one of these eligibility requirements,

I am not able to appear at the polls on election day due to the selected reason below:

1. I am a covered voter under the Kentucky Uniform Military and Overseas Act, KRS 117A.010
2. I am a student who temporarily resides outside the county of my residence.
3. I am incarcerated in jail but have not been convicted of the crime for which I have been charged.
4. I have changed my place of residence to a different state during a period in which my new state’s voter registration books are closed (you will receive a ballot only for the offices of President and Vice-President of the United States).
5. I am temporarily residing outside of Kentucky but am still eligible to vote in the state
6. I will be absent from my county of residence on Election Day and on all of the days that in-person absentee voting is conducted.
7. I am a participant in the Secretary of State’s crime victim address confidentiality program.
8. I am not able to appear at the polls on Election Day or on the days in-person absentee voting is conducted on account of age, disability, or illness and I have not been declared mentally disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction.

you can request a mail-in ballot at www.GoVoteKY.com before 11:59 pm on October 24th. The County Clerk has to receive your returned ballot by 6:00 pm November 7th. If the voter doesn't have internet access, they should call their County Clerk's office for assistance. (Fayette County, Monday - Friday 8:30-4:30, 859-255-8683.) Please remember that Lexington mail goes all the way to Louisville and then back to Lexington before reaching its destination, so consider mailing before Nov. 1st.

Fayette County Drop Box Location for Mail Ballot