KENTUCKY

Primaries:

• Democratic congressional and state primaries: closed
  

• Republican congressional and state primaries: closed

• Democratic Presidential primary: closed

• Republican Presidential primary: closed
  

Primary Type Definitions

Registration:

• Voters may or may not choose to affiliate with a political party, however, affiliation with a party is required to vote in primary elections.

• 8% of Kentucky voters are registered unaffiliated or other.

Details of voting in congressional and state primary elections:

• Only voters affiliated with a party may vote in that party's primary or caucus.

• If a voter is registered as “Other”, they are eligible to vote in nonpartisan city and judicial primary elections only.

• Voter registration closes 29 days before a primary election.

• A registered voter may change their political party registration at any time on or before December 31st to remain eligible to vote in the following primary election.