How to Vote in Kentucky

Kentucky offers both excused and non-excused in-person early voting. This means you are able to vote early without an excuse, but the period for non-excused early voting may be shorter than the excused early voting period.

If you plan to vote during excused in-person voting, you must:
– Be a resident of Kentucky who is a covered voter as defined in KRS 117A.010, and will be absent from the county of your residence on the day of an election and during the days of no-excuse in-person absentee voting; or
– Have surgery, or have a spouse who has surgery, scheduled that will require hospitalization on the day of an election and during the days of no-excuse in person absentee voting; or
– Temporarily reside outside the state but still be eligible to vote in this state and will be absent from the county of your residence on the day of an election and during the days of no-excuse in-person absentee voting; or
– Be a resident of Kentucky who is a uniformed-service voter as defined in KRS 117A.010 confined to a military base on election day and during the days of no-excuse in-person absentee voting; or
– Be in your last trimester of pregnancy; or
– Have not been declared mentally disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction and, due to age, disability, or illness, are not able to appear at the polls on electi​on day and during the days of no-excuse in-person absentee voting; or
– Be a caregiver who is providing medical or healthcare assistance to a voter who has not 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 electi​on day and during the days of no-excuse in-person absentee voting; or
– Be a student who temporarily resides outside the county of your residence and will be absent from the county of your residence on the day of an election and during the days of no-excuse in-person absentee voting; or
– Be a person employed in an occupation that is scheduled to work during all days and all hours, which shall include commute time, the polls are open on election day and during the days of no-excuse in-person absentee voting; or
– Be an election officer tasked with election administration for the current election cycle; or
– Be a person prevented from voting in person at the polls on election day and from casting a no-excuse in-person absentee ballot on all days no-excuse in-person absentee voting is conducted because you will be absent from the county of your residence during all days and all hours no excuse in-person absentee voting is conducted.​