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Glasgow News 1
Barren County voters can start voting early Thursday morning at the Barren County Extension Service office off West Main Street.
Formally called “no-excuse in-person absentee voting,” registered voters have Thursday, Friday and Saturday to vote ahead of the primary Election Day, which is Tuesday, May 19. This is different from absentee voting, where voters can cast ballots in-person or by mail if they have an excuse recognized under state law.
The extension office at 1463 W. Main St. in Glasgow will be open for voting from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., according to Barren County Clerk Helena Chase Birdwell.
The deadline to request an absentee ballot has passed, but they must be returned to a voter’s local county clerk’s office by the time polls close Tuesday, which is 6 p.m.
Most of the Barren countywide races will be decided by the primary election because there are no Democratic Party candidates running. The one exception is jailer where a Democrat will await the winner of the Republican primary. Otherwise, Tuesday’s winner will be unopposed in the November general election.
About 63.64 percent of the 199 requested mail-in absentee ballots have been returned to the clerk’s office, according to the State Board of Elections’ website.
No excuse in-person voting
Birdwell also announced that the ever-popular no excuse in-person early voting at the UK Extension Office will take place May 14, 15 and 16 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
“Anyone that would like to vote early has this opportunity,” Birdwell said. “And again those machines are open just for that election, but we don’t read the tapes…until election night at 6 p.m.”
May 19 voting locations
* Barren County High School gymnasium
* Glasgow Middle School
* Cave Area Conference Center
* Haywood Volunteer Fire Department
* Austin Tracy Volunteer Fire Department
* Hiseville Elementary School gymnasium
* Park City Lions Club
* Temple Hill Elementary School cafeteria
* Beckton Community Center
These voting locations will be opened from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“As long as you’re in line by 6 p.m. you will get to vote,” Birdwell said.
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