Election day will be Tuesday, November 3rd this year. There is a hotly contested race for Governor this year as well as a few other state positions. Locally, there are a few Small City elections occurring throughout the county, one City Council seat and one District Judge seat. Listed below are the people running at the state and county level. Please check your sample ballot (see below) for other elections that may be in your area.
Polls open at 6:00 AM and will be open until 6:00 PM. As long as you are in line by 6:00 PM, you will be able to vote.To find your voting location and a sample ballot, please click on the Where Do I Vote? link on the County Clerk’s website.
If you have not registered to vote, you can still register, however, you will be ineligible to vote in this election. You will be eligible in the next election cycle. If you unsure if you are registered, you can check at the Voter Information Center.
To vote in this election:
As a reminder, it against the law for a voter to impersonate another person to vote, to vote under a false name, and to vote more than once in an election. It is also unlawful for any person or group to influence a voter’s decision through force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, or reward. If a voter feels that their right to vote has been violated, they should contact the County or State Board of Elections, the Attorney General’s Election Fraud Hotline, or notify any of the elections officers are their polling location.
As voters prepare to head to the polls next Tuesday, Attorney General Jack Conway reminds Kentuckians that they can help his office combat vote fraud by utilizing his Election Fraud Hotline. Kentuckians who witness election irregularities or possible election law violations are encouraged to call the Election Fraud Hotline at 800-328-VOTE (800-328-8683).
“Our Election Fraud Hotline is an important tool in the fight to ensure honest and fair elections for all Kentuckians,” Attorney General Conway said. “I want to encourage voters to be our eyes and ears in the polling places and report any election irregularities to our hotline.”
The Attorney General’s Election Fraud Hotline is open throughout the year during normal business hours and from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. (EST) on Election Day. The hotline received 16 calls from more 50 counties during the 2015 Primary Election and 226 calls from 50 counties during the 2014 General Election.
Investigators from the Attorney General’s Office will also be patrolling precincts and polling places across the Commonwealth during next Tuesday’s general election. General Conway’s office has also worked closely with the Secretary of State’s Office, United States Attorney’s offices in Eastern and Western Kentucky and other members of the Kentucky Election Integrity Task Force to protect voters and the integrity of the election.
By law, the Office of the Attorney General has jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute election law violations. The office is also required by statute to conduct post-election audits in six randomly drawn counties within 20 days of the election.
The Attorney General’s Office will send hotline updates to the media at 10:30 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. (EST), after the polls close.
Members of the news media covering the election are reminded that they may be in the voting room for the limited purpose of filming the voting process. However, as per OAG 88-76, the media may not conduct interviews with voters inside the voting room, record the identity of voters, or disrupt the voting process. These violations are Class A misdemeanors under KRS 117.236.
Mitch McConnell | 806,015 | 56% |
Alison Lundergan Grimes | 584,444 | 41% |
David Patterson | 44,253 | 3$ |
Brett Guthrie | 156,992 | 69% |
Ron Leach | 69,877 | 31% |
John Yarmuth | 157,045 | 63% |
Michael Macfarlane | 87,972 | 36% |
Gregory Puccetti | 2,317 | 1% |
Thomas Massie | 150,463 | 68% |
Peter Newberry | 71,693 | 32% |
Greg Fischer | 172,766 | 69% |
Bob DeVore | 78,851 | 31% |
MITCH MCCONNELL | 205,006 | 60% |
MATT BEVIN | 122,037 | 36% |
SHAWNA STERLING | 6,934 | 2% |
CHRIS PAYNE | 5,164 | 2% |
BRAD COPAS | 2,622 | 1% |
ALISON LUNDERGAN GRIMES | 298,740 | 76% |
GREGORY LEICHTY | 31,902 | 8% |
BURREL FARNSLEY | 31,461 | 8% |
TOM RECKTENWALD | 29,030 | 7% |
The May 20 Primary Elections are fast approaching. Do you know who is going to be on your ballot? Find your candidates for select Kentucky and Indiana precincts below.
Update: Primary Results Are In.
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