Kentucky Election Results 2026: Voting has ended

Kentucky requires every voter to produce identification at the polling place. The State Board of Elections defines proof of identification as a document showing the voter's name and photograph that was issued by the United States or the Commonwealth of Kentucky; by the U.S. Department of Defense, a branch of the uniformed services, the Merchant Marine or the Kentucky National Guard; by a public or private college, university or postgraduate technical or professional school in the United States; or by a Kentucky city, county, urban-county, charter county, consolidated or unified local government. See the Board's Voter ID Requirements page for the full definition.

To register to vote in Kentucky you must be a U.S. citizen and a Kentucky resident for at least 28 days before the election, be at least 18 years old by the next General Election, not be a convicted felon (unless your right to vote has been restored following an expungement, Executive Pardon or Executive Order), not have been judged mentally incompetent in a court of law with voting rights removed, and not claim the right to vote outside Kentucky. State law allows pre-registration at 17 years of age for those who will be 18 on or before the next General Election Day.

In Kentucky a person with a felony conviction cannot register or vote unless the right to vote has been restored. The State Board of Elections' registration qualifications require that a registrant not be a convicted felon, or, if convicted of a felony, that the right to vote has been restored following an expungement, an Executive Pardon or an Executive Order. The Board's pages reviewed do not explain the restoration process; people with a felony conviction who are unsure of their status can contact the State Board of Elections or their county clerk.

According to the Kentucky State Board of Elections, a Kentucky employee may be entitled to a maximum of four consecutive hours off from work in order to vote on Election Day. The employer may specify the hours during which the employee may take leave to cast a ballot. The Board's FAQ does not state whether the time is paid or how far in advance the employee must ask; the governing statute is in Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 118.