Some other voting perks include special deals at Dave & Busters as well as discounted rides from Uber and Lyft and delivery deals from Grubhub and Uber Eats, among others.

More than 650,000 inhabitants across the Commonwealth participated in early voting, with approximately 790,000 votes cast across all vote types.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear voted alongside his wife, Britainy Beshear, and dog, Winnie, in Frankfort on Thursday. Beshear said he and his wife “were excited to vote early” and encouraged Kentuckians to go to the polls.

“It’s our civic duty, so no matter who you’re going to vote for, we want to encourage every Kentuckian to get out and vote,” Beshear said.

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Governor Tim Walz, Democratic candidate for vice president, arrives in Louisville

Kamala Harris’ vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, arrived in Louisville for a campaign stop on Wednesday, October 23, 2024.

Despite a Walz’s recent appearance in the Commonwealth While on the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump won Kentucky in the previous election. Trump’s vice presidential nominee, JD Vance, also ran in Kentucky earlier this year.

According to the Courier Journal, Kentucky was the first state to call Trump on Election Day four years agowinning the state by more than 25 points in 2016 and 2020.

Vice presidential candidates visited Kentucky

Tim Walz, Democratic vice presidential candidate appeared in Louisville on October 23 to speak at a campaign reception on behalf of the Harris Victory Fund as part of his campaign stop.

Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance appeared in Lexington in August for a fundraising event sponsored by the Trump 47 committee. Kelly Craft, event ambassador, told the Courier Journal ahead of the event and during the Kentucky State Fair Ham Breakfast that Vance is her friend and she was happy to host him.

Some Kentuckians voted before election day with early voting opportunities including Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.

Secretary of State Michael Adams said on X, formerly Twitter, on October 23 that 130,695 Kentucky voters had requested absentee ballots before the deadline. The increase in mail-in votes could be an indicator of mass turnout in the 2024 general election, he said, as mail-in ballots tend to make up about 2 to 4 percent of the vote. total votes cast.

“For God’s sake, vote early,” Adams wrote.