Ballots were cast by 8,204 Christian County voters who went to the polls during three days of early voting ahead of the Tuesday General Election, said Christian County Clerk Melinda Humphries.
The early turnout, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, accounts for 15.7% of the county’s 52,120 registered voters.
The voting totals by location and date were:
James E. Bruce Convention Center
- Thursday — 1,048
- Friday — 1,072
- Saturday — 1,094
Christian County Senior Citizens Center
- Thursday — 1,374
- Friday — 1,242
- Saturday — 909
Boys and Girls Club
- Thursday — 512
- Friday — 534
- Saturday — 419
The total number of votes cast at the three early voting centers was more than twice the number of all votes cast in the May Primary Election, when approximately 6% of 50,270 registered voters cast a ballot.
Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 13 voting centers in Tuesday’s General Election. Those poll locations are:
- James E. Bruce Convention Center, 303 Conference Center Drive
- Christian County Courthouse, 511 S. Main St.
- Christian County Senior Citizens Center, 1402 W. Seventh St.
- Oak Grove Community Center, 1705 Thompsonville Lane
- Inspire Early Learning Academy, 313 Blane Drive
- New Barren Springs Church, 5012 Dogwood-Kelly Road
- New Palestine Baptist Church, 9997 Dawson Springs Road
- Sinking Fork Baptist Church, 5800 Princeton Road
- Pembroke Baptist Church, 144 S. Main St.
- Crofton Tornado Safe Room, 13511 N. Old Madisonville Road
- South Christian Elementary School, 12340 Herndon-Oak Grove Road
- Boys and Girls Club of Hopkinsville-Christian County, 1600 Walnut St.
- Indian Hills Elementary School, 434 Koffman Drive
More information is available in Hoptown Chronicle’s Guide to Voting.
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.
