Voter registration deadline in 1 week | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Voter registration deadline in 1 week

All voter registrations for the May Primary Election must be received at the County Clerk's office or postmarked by Monday, April 23rd, one week from today.

If you're not registered, or need to update your voter address, get down to your local County Clerk's office and register or download a mail-in voter registration card and get it post-marked by then.

Note that only registered Democrats can vote in Democratic Party primaries and only registered Republicans can vote in Republican Party primaries in Kentucky (though many cities also have non-partisan primaries that anyone can vote in).

If you're updating your address with a voter registration card, it's important to make sure to mark the same political party you're already registered as.  The deadline to change political parties for purposes of voting in their primary elections was December 31st.  If you're a registered Democrat and you turn in a voter registration card tomorrow with the Republican box checked (or vice-versa), you will lose the right to vote in either party's Primary.  To find where you are currently registered and what party you're registered as, visit the Voter Information Center Here

Note that the above paragraph assumes you're already registered in Kentucky.  If you're not already registered in this state, you may register as whatever party you want and be able to vote in that election right up until the April 23rd deadline.

17-year-olds may also register and vote in the May Primary as long as they will turn 18 before November 6th, 2012.

Many KFTC chapters have scheduled voter registration outreach events in these last 7 days, so contact your local KFTC organizer to see how you can pitch in. 

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