Registered voters, who want to cast their ballots during the upcoming Nov. 5 General Election but won’t be able to make it to the polls on Election Day, have until Tuesday, Oct. 22, to request that a ballot be mailed to them.
Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis said that as of Tuesday, Oct. 15, 674 people had already requested that ballots be mailed to them.
If you can’t make it to the polls on Nov. 5 to cast your ballot in person because you will either be out of state or physically unable to go to the polls on that day, but don’t want to vote via a mail-in ballot, then you can go to the county clerk’s office in the old courthouse in Williamsburg to cast your ballot Oct. 23-25 or Oct. 28-30 between the hours of 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Voting on these dates is only for people, who can’t go to the polls on Election Day.
Early voting for everyone, regardless of the reason, will take place Thursday, Oct. 31, Friday, Nov. 1, and Saturday, Nov. 2, at the old courthouse in Williamsburg, or in the old district courtroom adjacent to Corbin City Hall.
Voting on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 will be from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Voting on Nov 2 will take place from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Election Day voting will take place from 6 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at nine voting centers located throughout Whitley County, including locations at Williamsburg Independent School, Whitley County High School, Corbin Primary School, Pleasant View Elementary School, Whitley East Elementary School, Whitley North Elementary School, Oak Grove Elementary School, Corbin City Hall and Sanders Creek Church, which is in the Canadatown area.
The biggest contested race on the ballot will be for President of the United States with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, who is the current Vice-President, facing off against Republican nominee Donald J. Trump, who was the 45th President of the United States serving from 2017-2021.
There are also two constitutional amendments on the ballot.
Amendment 1 deals with whether you are in favor of amending the Kentucky Constitution to prohibit non-citizens from being allowed to vote. Amendment 2 deals would allow public tax dollars to go schools other than public schools.
Voters in the Corbin Independent School District will also cast their ballots in a contested race as all three incumbent school board members Todd Childers, Stephen Mulberry and Keith Gibson, have all opted not to seek re-election when their terms expire at the end of the year.
Kimberly Sasser Croley, who lost a bid for re-election to the school board two years ago in a three-way race for two seats, is seeking election along with Benjamin “Ben” Childers, James David Hannah, Anthony Miller and Jeremiah Goforth. The top three vote getters in the Nov. 5 race will be elected to the Corbin Independent Board of Education, and will join incumbents Carcille Burchette and Paul Taylor.
