The General Election for state and federal seats is set for November 3rd but the rules and deadlines for voting have been changed, due to the pandemic. 

• First, be sure you are registered to vote.  If you voted in the primary and have not moved or changed your name since then, you are good to go.  If anything has changed (address or name) or if you have not been registered before, Go to www.GoVoteKY.com to register or to update your registration!  The deadline is 4:00 p.m. local time on Monday, October 5, 2020.   

• Second, decide how you want to vote.  Governor Beshear and Secretary of State Adams have reached a bipartisan agreement about the available methods of voting and timelines for the November General Election. Click here to see those options.

• Third, who is running in the General Assembly elections?  We have prepared a list of all incumbent legislators and challengers in each of Kentucky’s 120 counties and posted it for you on the KPA website (https://bit.ly/2DiGZ9I).  You can verify who your current House and Senator members are by going tohttps://apps.legislature.ky.gov/findyourlegislator/findyourlegislator.html and clicking on the Kentucky map or typing in your home address.  You can then locate your legislators on the KPA Election Candidate grid by county and name and will be able to identify whether they have an opponent in the November election and who the challenger is.  If the seat is being vacated due to a resignation or a defeat in the primary, each of the candidates for the office is listed.  The challengers are listed with their party affiliation (Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Independent).

• Fourth, do your homework!  Information about the candidates can be found on their campaign websites, in whatever media you get your information from (newspaper, radio, online), or from the political parties of their affiliation.  Check with the candidates to see if they are sponsoring or participating in any online events where they will be talking about their position on issues.  The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonpartisan organization of long-standing that publishes information about candidates and often hosts candidate forums in various locations.  Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC) is a grassroots social, economic, and environmental justice organization that sends out pre-election questionnaires to candidates and then publishes their responses.  Also, check the KY Educational Television (KET) schedule for the Monday evening “Kentucky Tonight” show which typically features interviews with candidates for statewide and federal offices.

• Fifth, how can YOU make a difference?  GET INVOLVED:  It is not too late to get active in this election cycle:  host a (virtual) neighborhood gathering for a candidate, put out yard signs, volunteer to send postcards, walk the district for a candidate to distribute materials, contribute to the KPA PAC or to the candidates of your choice (campaigns are expensive!), volunteer with the political party of your choice or sign up to be a poll worker if your health is not at risk with COVID.  Above all –VOTE!   We know that elections have consequences.  We also know that every vote can make a difference.  In the 2018 election cycle, several KY House seats were decided by fewer than 10 votes!  As political science professor, Larry Sabato pointed out: “Every election is determined by the people who show up.”  Be one of those people!