Voter registration books for next month's election to close Tuesday

Frankfort — If Kentuckians want to participate in the upcoming general election on Nov. 6, they have less than a week to make sure they are registered to vote, Kentucky’s chief election official, Secretary of State Trey Grayson, announced on Wednesday.

Registration books will close Tuesday. County clerks’ offices throughout Kentucky will accept voter registration cards until the close of business that day. A postmark of Oct. 9 is also required for all mail-in voter registration applications. Registration cards can be obtained at www.sos.ky.gov/register.

“I encourage all citizens who have not already done so to register to vote today,” Grayson said. “We hope to see everyone exercising their constitutional right to vote on Nov. 6, 2007.”

Also, 17-year-olds who will be 18 on or before Election Day are eligible to register and entitled to vote in the upcoming election.

If citizens are unsure whether they have registered to vote or uncertain as to where they will vote, they can view that information online through the Voter Information Center. The VIC will tell voters where they are registered to vote, the location of their polling site and their political affiliation. It also provides links to elected representatives and driving directions from the voter’s home to his or her polling location. VIC can be accessed at www.sos.ky.gov/vic.

Kentucky is celebrating Voter Registration Week through Sunday. Citizens, campaigns and other civic groups are working to register voters before the deadline.