KENTUCKY — Kentuckians are taking advantage of early voting for the primary election, though not as much as last year’s midterm elections.

What You Need To Know

  • According to Secretary of State Michael Adams, around 88,838 voters have used either absentee or early voting options at this point

  • That's an overall decrease of about 24% in voter turnout compared to last year's election

  • Around 72,754 Kentuckians used no-excuse early voting, compared to 89,392 in last year's election, a 19% decrease

  • Adams projected a 10-15% overall turnout for the primary election

According to Secretary of State Michael Adams (R), 72,754 Kentuckians used no-excuse early voting. That breaks down to 41,869 Republican voters and 30,719 Democratic voters, with 166 Independent voters. Independent voters are eligible to vote in a special election or local elections, but cannot vote in either party’s primary.

Adams said the numbers are unofficial at this point.

He said that early voting turnout is down about 19% from last year, when 89,392 Kentuckians used early voting. Only about 18,251 Kentucky voters requested an absentee ballot this year compared to 30,310 last year.

Total turnout including absentee ballots, excuse in-person absentee and early voting is about 88,838 at this point, down 24% from last year’s mark of 116,342, Adams said.

The Republican Secretary of State speculated that some of the decline, particularly in absentee ballot requests, is due to a decline of concern for COVD-19 compared to a year ago. He also projected a 10-15% 2023 primary voter turnout across the state. 

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