Kentuckians still have time to register to vote in the Nov. 8 general election. The deadline to register is 4 p.m. on Oct. 11.
Voter registration can be completed online or in person at a county clerk’s office. In Christian County, the clerk’s office is in the courthouse at 511 S. Main St. Residents can also print this online form and submit it by mail.
To qualify, an applicant must be a U.S. citizen and a resident of Kentucky for at least 28 before the election.
Voters must be at least 18 year old. Kentucky law allows 17-year-olds to register if they will be 18 by Election Day.
Christian County election officials are increasing the number of polling places in the general election. Sixteen voting centers will be open at these locations:
- James E. Bruce Convention Center
- Christian County Courthouse
- Christian County Senior Citizens Center
- Oak Grove Community Center
- Indian Hills Elementary School
- New Barren Springs Church
- New Palestine Baptist Church
- Friendship House
- Sinking Fork Baptist Church
- Pembroke Baptist Church
- Crofton City Hall
- South Christian Elementary School
- Walnut Street Center (Boys and Girls Club)
- Concord Baptist Church
- Cedar Grove Baptist Church
- Hopkinsville Middle School
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
