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Deadline for Switching Political Parties Next Week

By AP

Frankfort, KY – Kentucky voters who want to change their political party affiliation in time for the spring primary election have until the end of next week to do it. Secretary of State Trey Grayson says state law requires party switches to be completed by December 31st in order to vote in May. Kentuckians will being choosing a governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, and agriculture commissioner in the coming year. Grayson says changing parties is as simple as filling out a voter registration card and submitting it to the local county clerk's office.