Yesterday, Gov. Beshear offered an update on the plan for plain-clothed Kentucky National Guardsmen to help manage some polling stations across the commonwealth.

In all, 234 soldiers will be helping out in 45 counties. He said the soldiers will not be in uniform and their primary duties include aiding traffic control, social distancing, sanitization and general voter assistance.

Gov. Beshear also spoke about Kentucky’s operation of the primary elections in light of some questions about the reduced number of polling sites. The Governor noted that the plan was the result of a compromise with Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams and included, for the first time in the commonwealth, absentee voting offered to all voters.

“Though the election is tomorrow, it has actually been going on about a month. Through an agreement with my office and the Secretary of State, we for the first time allowed mail-in voting and ‘no-excuse’ early voting in Kentucky,” Gov. Beshear said. “We are on track to have a record number of votes in Kentucky in this primary election.”

The Governor said the end result is that he’s expecting the highest voting totals for a primary in the state in many years. As of Monday, he said, 883,054 absentee ballots had been requested, 88,530 people already voted early and 452,305 ballots already had been returned.

“If your absentee ballot is postmarked by today, June 23, your vote will be counted,” Gov. Beshear said. “If you need to vote in person, please make sure to follow county voting guidelines and directions.”

To find the polling locations in your county you can click here: https://www.sos.ky.gov/electio…/Pages/Polling-Locations.aspx

To find a sample ballot you can click here: http://web.sos.ky.gov/electionballots/