Record number of Kentuckians registered for May Primary

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – A record number of Kentuckians have registered to vote in the 2019 Primary Election, according to the state.

Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes announced Thursday that 3,421,796 Kentuckians are registered to vote in the election on May 21.

That is an increase of 18,891 voters since the 2018 General Election.

The state says Democratic voters represent just over 49 percent of the electorate with 1,684,200 registered voters. Republican voters total 1,437,897 million or about 42 percent of voters, and almost 9 percent of voters – about 299,699 – affiliate with another party or as “Other.”

For information on absentee voting, voter registration status, sample ballots, and locating polling place, go to GoVoteKY.com .