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In-person voting will continue until 6 tonight at the county's one polling place, the James E. Bruce Convention Center. Mail-in ballots must have a June 23 or earlier postmark, and voters can also turn in their mail-in ballots at the Christian County Courthouse until 6 p.m.

Voters should disregard callers who mention voting by email, text or phone, and they should never provide financial information to an unknown source.

All voting on the day of the primary will be done between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the county’s single polling place, the James E. Bruce Convention Center on Lovers Lane.

After the election was postponed for more than a month because of the coronavirus pandemic, Christian County residents will head to the polls Tuesday to select nominees for the presidency and the U.S. Senate, as well as some city council seats and the judgeship in the 1st Appellate District, Division 1.

While there have long been calls to institute Juneteenth as a federal holiday, the movement has taken on renewed significance in the wake of the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25.

Beshear committed to asking the legislature to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday through legislation. The legislature would have to pass the measure during the next general assembly.

The Picnic Committee has planned for the event to have fewer booths, reduced hours, masks for volunteers and people dedicated to sanitizing.

Buses will provide free transportation to the city's single polling place, the James E. Bruce Convention Center, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23.

The monument was installed in 1917 with funds from the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Kentucky farmers have received $73.4 million in federal relief payments to offset the economic damage caused by the pandemic.

After a voter receives and completes the ballot, it can be returned in the mail or dropped at locations established in each county. If it is mailed, it must be postmarked no later than June 23. Two locations are available where voters can personally drop off ballots — at the Christian County Courthouse on South Main Street or at the drive-thru lane at the new Christian County Sheriff’s Department on West Seventh Street.

Two National guardsmen were involved in the shooting death of Louisville barbecue chef David McAtee, and police and state officials have said McActee fired first. The incident has sparked outrage from people across the city, state and country already protesting police violence.