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Kentucky's General Election is Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
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The deadline to register to vote in the General Election is Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at 4:00 pm Local Time.
- Register or check your registration info at www.GoVoteKY.com. Do check your registration for correct information such as address, phone numbers and email. Only use this site, as your information goes directly to the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office.
- KY House & Senate Districts have been redrawn, so enter your home address to see your district at https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/findyourlegislator/findyourlegislator.html
- Encourage people who will turn 18 years old ON or BEFORE Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to register to vote now, even if they are not yet 18. Once registered, they are eligible to vote in the general election, as long as their birthdate is on or before November 8th.
- Absentee ballots may be requested at www.GoVoteKY.com for a verifiable reason (unlike during the COVID period, when no reason had to be given).
- Most jurisdictions will have three (3) early voting days prior to November 8th to be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (November 3, 4, and 5th) for 8-hours on each day. Check with your local Board of Elections to see locations and times in your area.
- On the ballot will be races for:
- one U.S. Senate seat (Republican Sen. Rand Paul vs. Democrat Charles Booker)
- all six (6) Kentucky Congressional seats (Congressmen Comer, Guthrie, Massey, Barr and Rogers will face Democratic challengers, plus Democrat Morgan McGarvey vs. Republican Stuart Ray to fill the seat of retiring Congressman John Yarmuth)
- eight (8) of the 19 even-numbered Kentucky State Senate seats
- 50 of 100 Kentucky State House of Representative seats
- local races for city officials (Mayor, etc.), councils, and school boards
- many judicial seats at all levels of the judiciary.
For more details, click here.
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There will also be two important Constitutional Amendments on the ballot:
The first would allow changes in the length of legislative sessions to be made by a 3/5 vote of the KY General Assembly; would allow the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate to call for a Special Session (now, the sole purview of the Governor) and change the effective date of bills that are passed.
A “Yes” vote would allow these changes.
A “No” vote keeps the sessions as they are currently described in the Constitution.
The second – known as the “Kentucky No Right to Abortion in Constitution” – asks if the voters wish to amend the Kentucky Constitution to prohibit the right to abortion in the state.
A “Yes” vote affirms that there is no right to abortion in the Constitution and would prohibit it with no exceptions.
A “No” vote keeps the Constitution as it is currently, which does not prohibit the constitutional right to an abortion in Kentucky.
- "Can I vote with a felony conviction?" If you are a United States citizen and want to see if you are eligible to vote right now, or eligible to go through the process to restore your right to vote, go to https://civilrightsrestoration.ky.gov/Pages/qualify.aspx
REGISTER TO VOTE AND THEN, VOTE! SPREAD THE WORD TO OTHERS TO GET REGISTERED AND VOTE. LEARN ABOUT THE CANDIDATES AND SUPPORT THOSE YOU WANT TO REPRESENT YOU. ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!
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