Large voter turnout expected in Kentucky for next week’s election

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – Almost half of all Kentuckians registered to vote are expected to turn out for next week’s general election.

Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes made the projection Thursday morning.

She says, of Kentucky’s 3.4 million registered voters, 46 percent are expected to head to the polls on Tuesday, November 6.

Absentee ballot totals are used as an indicator of final turnout on Election Day.

According to current statistics, Grimes projects turnout for the November 6 general election will be in the range of the last two midterm election years, 2010 and 2014, when about 49 percent and 46 percent of Kentuckians voted.

As of Monday, more than 30,000 in-person absentee votes had been recorded in county clerks’ offices and nearly 24,000 mail-in absentee ballots had been sent to voters who had requested them, according to Grimes.

About 23 percent of Kentucky voters cast ballots in the May Primary Election.

Voters can find their polling places and view sample ballots by going to GoVoteKY.com .