The early voting period begins Wednesday for the special elections to fill vacancies in the Kentucky House of Representatives for District 24, which includes parts of LaRue and Hart counties, and District 26, which includes three precincts in Hardin County.
The House District 24 special election will be contested by Democrat Johnny Pennington, Republican Courtney Gilbert, and independent write-in Craig Astor. Republican Peyton Griffee is unopposed in the House District 26 race.
In-person excused absentee voting for the District 24 race will take place at the Hart and LaRue County Clerk’s offices from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 13. Early voting will take place at the clerk’s offices on March 14, 15, and 16. Hardin County will host in-person excused absentee voting and early voting for the District 26 race those same days at the Hardin County Clerk’s Office’s Radcliff location at 101 West Lincoln Trail Boulevard.
On Special Election Day March 19, voters in Hart County can cast ballots at the clerk’s office and the Horse Cave Fire Department. LaRue County Clerk Rhonda Metcalf said in addition to the clerk’s office, voters have several options in LaRue County
“On Election Day, we have our vote center which is at First Baptist Church on Tonieville Road, and then we have at Rolling Fork Christian Church in Lyons Station, and we have Uptown Graphics in Upton, and then we have the Old School Market down in Magnolia,” said Metcalf.
Hardin County voters on special election day can cast ballots at the clerk’s office’s Radcliff location or the West Point School Building.
Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith said during the most recent Hardin County Fiscal Court meeting that counties have the same obligations for any election no matter what is on the ballot, and many residents take their civic duty to vote very seriously.
“I know that we have voters in those three precincts who have never missed an election,” Smith said. “Every year, I have people on Election Day, they shake my hand, they brag about it. They’re in their 60s and 70s. ‘I’ve never missed an election.’ Let that be your incentive. Keep that streak going and keep voting, and then be ready to vote again in another month in May.”
Check your registration status and find more election information at govote.ky.gov.
