In person or by mail
Absentee Voting
701 W Ormsby Ave, Ste 301
Louisville, Kentucky 40203
Monday-Friday
September 30 - November 4, 2019
8:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m.Saturdays
October 26 & November 2
9:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.
To qualify to cast an in-person absentee ballot at the county clerk’s office
- Is a resident of Kentucky who is a covered voter as defined in KRS 117A.010, who will be absent from the county of his or her residence on election day;
- Is a student who temporarily resides outside the county of his or her residence;
- Has surgery, or whose spouse has surgery, scheduled that will require hospitalization on election day;
- Temporarily resides outside the state, but is still eligible to vote in this state and will be absent from the county of his or her residence on election day;
- Is a resident of Kentucky who is a uniformed-service voter as defined in KRS 117A.010 confined to a military base on election day, learns of that confinement within seven (7) days or less of an election, and is not eligible for a mail-in absentee ballot under this subsection;
- Is in her last trimester of pregnancy at the time she wishes to vote;
- Has not been declared mentally disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction and, on account of age, disability, or illness, is not able to appear at the polls on election day;
- Is not permitted to vote by a mail-in absentee ballot, but who will be absent from the county of his or her residence on election day;
- Changes their place of residence to a different state while the registration books are closed in the new state of residence before a presidential election, then the voter will be permitted to cast an in-person absentee ballot for President and Vice president only; or
- Is a member of the County Board of Elections, a precinct election officer appointed to serve in a precinct other than that in which he or she is registered, an alternate precinct election officer, a deputy county clerk, staff for the State Board of Elections, and staff for the County Board of Elections.
No appointment is needed for in-house voting.
You will need to provide one of the following forms of identification in order to vote:
- Personal Acquaintance
- Driver’s License
- Social Security Card
- Any identification card with picture and signature
- Any United States government-issued identification card
- Any Kentucky state government-issued identification card with picture
- Credit Card