Early voting starts Thursday ahead of Kentucky primary election

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Early voting is now underway for Kentucky's upcoming primary election.

Secretary of State Michael Adams cast his ballot at the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center in Louisville Thursday morning, the first day of in-person, no excuse early voting for the 2024 primary.

The goal is to make it easier for workers to vote in a more flexible way for their schedules, as well as reduce lines and wait times to make voting more accessible.

"I think our primaries are increasingly important, though, as our state gets more polarized geographically, as Louisville gets more blue and Lexington gets more blue and rural areas get more red. Increasingly, the primary is the general," Adams said. "So it's really critical for voters to come out and take advantage of these primary elections and pick their nominees for the two parties."

Kentucky's primary election day is Tuesday, May 21.

Early voting takes place for three days, May 16-18, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Here's a list of early voting locations in Jefferson County, provided by the Clerk's Office:

• The Arterburn (formerly the St. Matthews Community Center): 310 Ten Pin Lane
• Berrytown Recreation Center: 1300 Heafer Road
• Bowman Field (Administration Building): 2815 Taylorsville Road
• David Armstrong Recreation Center: 3015 Bluebird Lane
• The Heritage (Shively Park): 1901 Park Road
• Jefferson County Clerk's Office-West Branch (French Plaza): 228 Amy Avenue
• Kentucky Center for African American Heritage: 1701 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard
• Kentucky Fair and Expo Center (West Wing Hall: N-lot parking): 937 Phillips Lane
• Lyndon Elks Lodge #2052: 904 Ormsby Lane
• New Zion Baptist Church: 1501 Louis Coleman Jr. Drive
• Old Forester's Paristown Hall: 724 Brent Street
• St. Andrews United Church of Christ: 2608 Browns Lane
• Sun Valley Community Center: 6505 Bethany Lane
• Teamster's Local Union #783: 7711 Beulah Church Road
• Triple Crown Pavilion: 1780 Plantside Drive
• UofL Shelby Campus (Founders Union Building, Room 218): 450 North Whittington Parkway

For information about mail-in absentee voting in Jefferson County, click here.

For more election information, click here.

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