Election day has turned into election days as voters have more opportunities to cast a ballot in Kentucky's 2026 primary next Tuesday, May 19th is the official primary day, but early voting kicked off today, and it continues through Saturday.

Those taking advantage of early access to the polls in Lexington say the process was quick and so convenient.

It was fast and easy, much easier than we had expected.

It took like 30s.

I was looking for who the candidate's going to be to replace Mitch McConnell, and that's all important to us.

Really important.

And also the mayor's race here in, Lexington as well.

It's very important because this determines who runs in the elections in the fall.

And I think not enough people take this seriously.

It's, an important that as many people show up as possible because it decides which way our government goals and how they treat us.

So we need some changes in the office.

So, you know, in the government, we need changes.

They were all important from the top of it to the very bottom, because it's all a step ladder and everyone has their part to do to help one another.

Tagg also caught up with voters casting ballots in Derby City.

I took advantage of early voting today because I'm going out of town Sunday.

There was no lines.

I was able to get in and get out.

I do not know what my schedule is going to be.

So this seemed like the opportune time.

I could come down here and eat lunch and vote while I'm doing it.

There's been a lot of information given out around, what the ballot is going to look like.

What nonpartisan voting is going to look like, what the process is.

So, I already knew what my sample ballot was going to be.

I had some ideas of who I was going to vote for, but yeah, it was it was fairly painless.

The reason why I voted is because I believe everybody's vote counts.

Kentucky has 3.3 million voters registered.

Secretary of State Michael Adams says he expects about 20% voter turnout.

But he told spectrum News it could be higher because of voters interest in many county races.