Early Voting Begins Wednesday, October 25th: General Election Ballot Sneak Peek

Edmonson Voice Report:
Edmonson County Clerk Kevin M. Alexander announced that the Edmonson County Clerk's Office will begin in-person voting starting tomorrow, October 25th.

"As with every other county in our state, we begin the six-day, excused voting period tomorrow" said Clerk Alexander. "To vote on these days, you must have a valid excuse, per the state." 

Hours for excused early voting remain constant with regular office hours. Therefore, excused, early voting days will be October 25th-27th, and October 30th-November 1st. There is no excused early voting on Saturday, October 28th. The list of excused reasons are as follows: 

• Voter who is a member of the Armed Forces or a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces and will be out of the county on Election Day and during the days of no-excuse, in-person early voting 
  
• Voter who is a citizen residing overseas and will be out of the county on Election Day and during the days of no-excuse, in- person early voting 
• Voter, or spouse of voter, who has surgery scheduled that will require hospitalization on the day of an election and during the days of no-excuse, in-person early voting 
• Voter who temporarily resides outside the state but is still eligible to vote in the state and will be absent from the county of his or her residence on Election Day and during the days of no-excuse, in-person early voting 
• Kentucky resident who is a uniformed-service voter and is confined to a military base on Election Day and during the days of no-excuse, in-person early voting 
• Voter who is in her last trimester of pregnancy 
• Voter who has been declared mentally disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction and, due to age, disability or illness, is not able to appear at the polls on Election Day and during the days of no-excuse, in-person early voting 
• Voter who is a student who resides temporarily resides outside of his/her county of residence and will be absent from the county of his or her residence on Election Day and during the days of no-excuse, in-person early voting 
• Voter who is employed in an occupation that is scheduled to work during all days and all hours, including commute time, that the polls are open on Election Day and during the days of no-excuse, in-person early voting 
• Voter who is an Election Officer tasked with election administration for the current election cycle 
  

The three days of no-excuse, early voting are set for Thursday-Saturday, November 2nd-4th. 

"The three-day, no-excuse voting days will have special hours for our office, and those are usually well- attended" said the clerk. "We extend our hours to 4:00 PM on both Thursday and Saturday for voting only." 

Clerk Alexander said he is optimistic of a good turnout this election.

"We've had several mail-in absentee requests, and today (October 24th) is actually the last day to request a ballot by mail" Clerk Alexander noted, but "it seems like more people are wanting to vote in-person again. I think that's wonderful. At the end of the day, we just encourage everyone to vote."

As a reminder, a form of identification is now required to vote. Should anyone have questions related to the election, call the office at 270-597-2624, or they may be sent via email to Kevin.Alexander@ky.gov.