2020 General Election Voting Plan

Secretary of State Michael Adams and Governor Andy Beshear have released their plan for voting this election.

Here are five key takeaways:

1. Maintained expansion of absentee voting
Absentee Ballots will be accepted for anyone concerned about catching the Coronavirus from voting. The Absentee Ballot request portal is open now through October 9. Ballot drop boxes will be available at County Clerk discretion if you're concerned about mailing it in.

2. Expanded no-excuse early voting
On weekdays and 4 hours on Saturdays between Oct 13 - Nov 3, you will be able to vote early in-person at the Fayette County Clerk.

3. Election Day voting
County Clerks are required to have at least one polling location per county and are encouraged to have more, if possible. The Fayette County Clerk has yet to release a plan for in-person voting yet.

4. Ballot curing process
After 6,645 Fayette County ballots were rejected in the primary due to technicalities - and over 15,000 total across the state - the SOS has created a new ballot "curing" requirement, giving voters 6 days to fix an error on any and all rejected ballots - including missing signatures, mismatched signatures, removal of flaps, etc.

5. Voter ID law
Under the new KY photo ID law, if you show up to the polls and don't have a photo ID but do have a non-photo ID (social security card, credit card, etc.), you can fill out this form and then vote a *regular* (not provisional) ballot.

Read more about the changes on this fantastic twitter thread from CivicLex Governance Board member Joshua Douglas.