County clerk outlines election deadlines and early-voting schedule; planning commission schedules April 2 work session

The county clerk briefed the fiscal court on upcoming elections logistics and deadlines and the court heard a planning-commission update during the April 1 meeting.

The county clerk (Speaker 2) said candidate filing deadline for mayor and city-council races in the county’s three cities (Dothra, Elton and Trenton) is June 2 at 4 p.m. The online absentee portal is scheduled to open April 4; voter registration closes April 20 at 4 p.m.; the clerk’s office will close the registration books on April 21 and must process returned registrations within five days; the absentee/mail portal closes May 5 at 11:59 p.m. The county’s no-excuse early voting is scheduled for May 14–16 at courthouse hours (8 a.m.–4 p.m.), and Election Day is May 19 with polls open 6 a.m.–6 p.m.

The clerk advised that Todd County does not use consolidated voting centers and that voters must cast ballots at the precinct location where they live. The clerk offered printed flyers and outreach assistance to communities to help voters find polling locations and information on govote.ky.gov.

Planning commission: A commissioner reported the planning commission met recently and scheduled a follow-up work session for April 2 to continue map revisions and planning tasks; volunteers and staff were asked to continue preparations.

Ending: The clerk and planning staff will continue community outreach on voting and return with any updates; the court scheduled related budget and administrative tasks noted elsewhere in the meeting.