Early voting was off to a good start in Christian County, and Christian County Clerk Melinda Humphries is urging people to make sure they get out and have their voices heard.
Speaking with WHOP Friday morning, Humphries says Thursday saw a decent turnout for early voting at their three voting centers, with around 900 people taking the chance to cast their vote ahead of Election Day.
Humphries says its hard to predict what voter turnout will be for this election cycle as a whole, and she chooses to be optimistic and urge everyone to get out and vote, saying they have more opportunities to cast it than ever.
Along with the state constitutional offices, such as Governor, there are a couple of local races on the ballot, including Christian County School Board in District 4 and Commonwealth’s Attorney. Both of those races now have write-in candidates, along with the candidates on the ballot, and Humphries stressed the importance of not just writing in your candidates’ name correctly, but also being sure to fully fill-in that box.
If you can’t make it to one of three voting centers—the Bruce Convention Center, the Senior Citizens Center or the Walnut Street Center—to vote early, don’t worry. Election Day is next Tuesday, and the 13 voting centers will be open from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. that day.
Those voting centers are the Bruce Convention Center, the Christian County Courthouse, the Senior Citizens Center, the Oak Grove Community Center, Indian Hills Elementary School, New Barren Springs Church, New Palestine Baptist Church, Sinking Fork Baptist Church, Pembroke Baptist Church, South Christian Elementary School, the Walnut Street Center and Hopkinsville Middle School.