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Low voter turnout expected for May 16 Primary Election; early voting Thursday (May 11) – Saturday (May 13)

Based on the small number of absentee voters and only a handful of telephone calls to her office regarding the election so far, Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis isn’t expecting a large voter turnout for the May 16 Primary Election next Tuesday. Willis said Friday afternoon...
Posted On 10 May 2023

First of three days of early voting starts Thursday (May 12)

Whitley County voters will have 12 hours each day on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 12-14) to cast early ballots in the race for sheriff, jailer, PVA and other contested races on the May 17 ballot. Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis said that her offices in the old...
Posted On 11 May 2022

Kentucky will have three days early voting starting in 2022

Thanks to a new Kentucky law, Kentuckians will be getting more time to vote in-person prior to Election Day starting in 2022. Gov. Andy Beshear officially signed House Bill 574 into law on April 7. The new law will change the way elections are conducted across the Commonwealth by...

Early voting begins in 2020 general election

Early voting in the 2020 general election began Tuesday and will continue through Nov. 2. In Whitley County, residents may vote at polling locations set up at the Whitley County Courthouse in Williamsburg or outside the old Whitley District Courtroom adjacent to Corbin City Hall....

Laurel County election officials announce voting plans for general election

Laurel County Election officials announced their plans for voting in the 2020 general election. According to officials, the deadline to request a mail-in ballot is Friday, Oct. 9. Mail-in ballots must be post marked by Nov. 3. They may also be hand delivered and placed in the...

Additional voting options for Kentuckians should be made permanent

In light of the response in the June primary election to the addition of early, in person voting and excuse–free absentee ballots, Democratic legislators have announced that they plan to introduce a number of bills to make those additions a permanent option when Kentucky voters....