FRANKFORT-- With the midterm election less than a week away, Kentucky's Secretary of State, Alison Lundergan Grimes wants to make sure Kentuckians are prepared for Election Day.

Smiling, Grimes said, "The energy and excitement is palpable. Not only do we have local and county races, a host of county races and judicial races, state races, but federal races that are capturing the nation's attention." 

Her office has posted sample ballots for every county and city in the Commonwealth on their website. 

Once people have picked their candidates, Grimes says there are some things people need to remember. 

In the age of selfies, she reminds people that selfies with ballots are allowed in Kentucky. However, they cannot have anybody else in them, or anybody else's ballot. 

During the primary election, voter turnout in Kentucky was just 23%, but Grimes says they expect to see turnout around 46 percent for the general election on Tuesday. 

That equates to about two million Kentuckians, which could mean long lines at the polls. Grimes asked that people bring their patience with them. She said, "We continue to improve upon the administration process, but go to the polls with a smile, thank that lovely precinct officer that is there."

There are some things voters can do to make the line a little faster, including having identification ready to go. Grimes reiterated, "In terms of your ID, bring a drivers license, social security card, or credit card that has your signature on it. That's the form of identification that is acceptable." She smiled, adding "Unless, the election officer knows you. That's also acceptable under Kentucky law."

Occassionally people may have registered to vote, but are not on the poll list. Grimes says people are able to still cast a ballot if that is the case. She explained, "Because there is a federal race on the ballot, provisional voting is open, but you'll go through steps with a precinct election officer before that will happen."

Kentucky's polls are open from 6 in the morning until 6 in the evening, local time. Grimes specified, "As long as you are in line by 6pm local time, you will be able to vote."

It has become a controversial topic, but Kentucky has a way to vote for everybody running as either a Democrat or a Republican. Grimes explained, "Straight party voting is something that the General Assembly has afforded an option here in Kentucky and there are many folks that have opinions on both sides of the aisle as to what that means and should or shouldn't it be allowed. I'll leave that to the General Assembly to debate in terms of policy, but it is something that is an option for voters when they go to the polls."

When coming to vote, all candidate material must be kept a hundred feet from the precinct entrance. However, people are able to wear candidate shirts and buttons inside, but they cannot hand those out within 100 feet of the precinct entrance. 

For voters who spot that violation, or have any other problems or issues on Election Day, the Attorney General's Office has an Election Day Hotline. The number for that is 800-328-VOTE.

However, Grimes says voters can simply remember, "Go Vote Kentucky.com." She said, "It's your number one resource for election day preperation and on election day."