The 2026 primary election is coming up on Tuesday, May 19, and several important dates ahead of the election are just over a month out.
“April 4 is the first day to request an absentee ballot,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith during last week’s Hardin County Fiscal Court meeting. “It’s easy to request at govote.ky.gov or you can call the election line of our clerk’s office at 270-765-6762. April 20 is the last day to register to vote in the May primary. You can do that again at the clerk’s office or at govote.ky.gov.”
The last day to request an absentee ballot is May 5.
Smith says you can still update your address on your voter registration if you have moved, but you cannot change your party affiliation.
“The deadline to do that was December 31,” Smith said. “If you change your party affiliation, you will be ineligible to vote in the primary in May, so just hold off on that if you need to make that change. Update your address, and make sure you’re registered.”
Smith said polling locations for this election cycle will be the same as the previous election cycle.
“We will have all days of in-person excused voting in the clerk’s office,” Smith said. “Early voting will be at the clerk’s office and Colvin Community Center, and for Election Day voting we have 15 locations to make it easy regardless of where you’re living and working, and just like in past years you can choose any location. It doesn’t matter which precinct you’re registered in, you can choose any of these locations.”
Find the list of polling locations on the clerk’s office’s website, and find more election information at govote.ky.gov.
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