Absentee Voting
Mailed Absentee Ballots
If you meet any of these qualifications you may request a paper absentee ballot be mailed to you:
due to age, disability, or illness you will be unable to go to the polls on election day.
student who temporarily resides outside the county in which you are registered to vote.
temporarily reside outside the state but you are still eligible to vote in this state (this includes vacationers).
incarcerated in jail who has been charged with a crime but has yet to be convicted of the crime.
your employment location requires you to be absent from the county on election day and all hours and days absentee voting by machine is conducted in the clerk's office.
Military personnel confined to a military base on election day.
Covered Voters as defined in KRS 117A.010 - Voters who are Members of the Armed Forces and their dependents who will be out of the county on election day and voters residing overseas (temporarily or permanently.) (Obtain the online Federal Post Card Application FPCA form.)
participant in the Office of the Secretary of State's address confidentiality program.
You may request and submit an application for an absentee ballot at anytime during the year, however the ballots are not printed until 50 days prior to the election. If you requested an absentee ballot more than 50 days prior to the election, it will be mailed to you after the ballots are printed.
Since the County Clerk must mail the application, receive a signed application before mailing out your absentee ballot, then receive the completed ballot in the mail prior to the 6PM deadline on election day, we strongly recommend requesting your ballot early!
The deadline for applying for a paper absentee ballot is 7 days before an election. However, you may apply for a medical emergency absentee ballot up to the day of the election. You may request the absentee ballot application from your County Clerk's office in person, by mail, by phone or by fax.
In- Person Absentee Ballot Voting
If you do not qualify for a paper absentee ballot, you may vote an absentee ballot in person on a voting machine in the County Clerk's office 12 or more days before the election if you meet one of the following conditions:
due to age, disability, or illness you will be unable to go to the polls on election day.
outside the county on election day.
student who temporarily resides outside the county in which you are registered who will be out of the county on election day.
member of the Armed Forces or a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces and will be out of the county on election day.
member of the Armed Forces who will be confined to a base within the county on election day and who learns of that confinement within seven days or less of the election.
US citizen residing overseas and will be out of the county on election day.
You or your spouse has surgery scheduled that will require hospitalization on election day.
You are in your last trimester of pregnancy.
If you are casting an in-person absentee ballot at the County Clerk's office, you may fill out the application at the time that you go to the office to vote, eliminating the need for multiple trips.
Be sure to bring an ID with you for in-person absentee voting.
College Students : Look here for information on voting
Military or Overseas Voters: Look here for information on voting