Elections

 Not Registered? or Need to Update Your Registration?

Qualifications

• You must be a U.S. citizen and a Kentucky resident.
• You must be registered in the county where you live 28 days before the election.
• You must be at least 18 years of age on or before the date of the next general election.
• You must not be a convicted felon, or if you have been convicted of a felony, your civil rights must have been restored by executive pardon.
• You must not have been judged mentally incompetent in a court of law.
• You must not claim the right to vote anywhere outside of Kentucky.

Qualified for the Primary?

Kentucky has closed party primaries, which means you must register as a Democrat or a Republican to be eligible to vote in your party’s primary in May. If you choose to register with a political group or organization, or as an Independent, you cannot vote in the partisan primaries, but you may vote in all nonpartisan primaries. These include urban county mayor, urban county council, school board, soil and water conservation, and all judicial offices.

You may change your political party affiliation anytime between the primary and December 31st to be eligible to vote in your new party’s next primary. If you change your affiliation anytime between January 1st and the date the registration books close for the primary, you will only be eligible to vote in the nonpartisan primaries.