肯塔基州有理由缺席现场投票开启：无理由提前投票10月29日接棒
肯塔基州2026年大选的现场投票10月21日正式拉开帷幕：符合条件的选民即日起可参加「有理由缺席现场投票」。据州选举委员会公布的日程，这类投票在10月21日、22日、23日和26日、27日、28日共6天举行，仅限有法定理由的选民，包括在选举日及无理由提前投票期间将离开本县的人、手术排期需住院的选民及其配偶、怀孕晚期选民、因年龄、疾病或残障无法前往投票站的人，以及在投票开放时段全程有工作安排的人和负责选举事务的选举官员等。
无需理由、人人可投的提前投票将于10月29日至31日举行三天。邮寄缺席选票的申请门户已于10月20日晚11时59分关闭，填妥的邮寄选票须在11月3日选举日下午6时（当地时间）前送达县书记官办公室，邮政部门建议选民最迟10月27日寄出。选举日投票时间为11月3日上午6时至下午6时。各县投票地点和时段不同，选民可通过州选举委员会的 govote.ky.gov 网站查询本人选区信息。
今年肯塔基州选票上的重头戏是接替退休参议员 Mitch McConnell 的联邦参议员席位之争，由共和党人 Andy Barr 对阵民主党人 Charles Booker。
Kentucky Opens Excused In-Person Absentee Voting; No-Excuse Early Voting Starts October 29
In-person voting for Kentucky's 2026 general election began on October 21 with excused in-person absentee voting. Under the State Board of Elections schedule, it runs October 21, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 28, and is limited to voters with a statutory excuse — including people who will be away from their county on Election Day and during no-excuse early voting, voters with scheduled surgery and their spouses, voters in late pregnancy, those unable to reach a polling place due to age, illness or disability, people working during all voting hours, and election officers.
No-excuse early voting, open to everyone, runs three days, October 29-31. The mail-in absentee application portal closed at 11:59 p.m. on October 20; completed ballots must reach the county clerk by 6 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, and postal officials advise mailing by October 27. Election Day voting is 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voters can check their information at govote.ky.gov.
The marquee race on Kentucky's ballot is the contest for retiring Senator Mitch McConnell's U.S. Senate seat, between Republican Andy Barr and Democrat Charles Booker.
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