RICHMOND —
Voting for the Nov. 6 general election began Thursday with mail-in and in-house absentee voting, according to Madison County Clerk Kenny Barger.
“Absentee voting is the start of the general election season,” he said.
“The board of elections moved to open the absentee voting at the earliest possible time allowable by law to ensure Madison Countians unable to make it to the polls on Election Day had every opportunity to vote.”
Voters who need a mail-in absentee ballot have until Oct. 30 at 4:30 pm to apply. After receiving an approved application, the county clerk will mail a ballot to the voter.
All mail-in ballots must be received in the clerk’s office via mail by election day, Barger said.
Other voters unable to go to the polls on Nov. 6 will have until Monday, Nov 5, at 4:30 p.m. to cast an in-person absentee ballot at the Madison County Courthouse, 101 W. Main St., Richmond.
Barger said voters who meet the following criteria are eligible to vote absentee by mail-in or in-house:
• Advanced age, disability or illness
• Military personnel, their dependents and citizens living overseas
• Students who temporarily reside outside the county
• Voters who temporarily reside outside of Kentucky
• Voters incarcerated but not yet convicted
• Military personnel confined to base who learn of it within seven days or less of an election
Voters who meet the following criteria are eligible to vote absentee in-house only:
• Voters whose employment takes them out of the county from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on election day
• Voters and their spouse requiring hospitalization on election day
• Pregnant women in their third trimester
• Precinct election officials, county board of election members and county and deputy county clerks
Barger reminded potential voters the deadline to register to vote for the general election is Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 4:30 p.m.
The local board of elections is seeking individuals willing to serve as poll workers on election day, Barger said. This is a paid position and requires workers to attend a training class and then work all day on election day. Interested parties should contact the clerk’s office.
To learn more about absentee voting or to use the Voter Information Center, a service that will confirm voter registration and provide pertinent election information to registered voters, visit clerk.madisoncountyky.us or www.vote.ky.gov.
Voter information also is available by calling the clerk’s office at 624-4703.
Offices on general election ballot will include: U.S. President, U.S. House of Representatives, state representatives, Richmond City Commission, Berea City Council, Madison County School Board and Berea Independent School Board.
In addition, there is a constitutional amendment on the ballot asking voters:
“Are you in favor of amending the Kentucky constitution to state the citizens of Kentucky have the personal right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife, subject to laws and regulations that promote conservation and preservation the future of hunting and fishing, and to state that public hunting and fishing shall be preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife?”
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