FRANKFORT, KY (October 31, 2020) – Secretary of State Michael Adams encouraged Kentucky voters Friday – particularly in Lexington and in Eastern Kentucky – to take advantage of early voting opportunities and vote before November 3. Early voting continues through Monday.
“Rather than 1 election day, we’ve given voters 19 election days,” said Adams. “This increases voter convenience and enhances public safely by facilitating social distancing. However, it will not work unless voters take advantage of it. Otherwise, we’ll have long lines on November 3, with all the problems that may entail.”
Adams traveled to Eastern Kentucky and to Lexington this week to promote early voting – in these areas early voting has not met expectations. Adams estimated that only half of Fayette County voters who intend to vote in-person did so in the first 15 days of in-person voting, leaving some 40,000 voters there to vote in-person in just the next few days.
Fayette isn’t the only county falling behind in early voting. Pike, Boyd and Perry Counties only have a 12% turnout for early in-person voting as of Thursday, in an election in which turnout nearing 70% is expected.
“Voting early is the same as voting on November 3, except the lines will be shorter,” Adams said. “If you won’t vote early for your own convenience, please do it for our poll workers, who are in for a long day as it is.”
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