BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Today was unlike any other election day for voters who headed to the polls. 

The coronavirus pandemic meant stricter safety guidelines which included social distancing, sanitization of all pens, and the recommendation of face masks. It also meant every voter had to go to one polling location.

Normally there are 49 locations for Warren County's 88 precincts. Today every voter had to go to Phil Moore Park. 

Community activist Megan Bailey worked with local churches and organizations to make sure everyone who wanted to, could get to the polls. 

“Public access does not come out to Alvaton, we’ve got those people that walk, how will they be able to vote," Bailey said. "So we just wanted to make sure that the community, everyone in the community had access to come out and vote today.” 

Ashley Patkovic recently graduated from high school and this was her first time to vote and she said she wanted to make sure her voice was heard. 

She said, "The younger generation is very open and accepting and we see a lot of the problems going on in the world and we just want to make a change.”

Pastor Ford Huskey said he came out to vote because he was inspired by the past to make a better future.

“I have children and I want to make sure that in the upcoming years that they have the right people in government and in leadership that’s going to make sure that they’re well taken care of and that there are laws and things in place to make sure they’re safe."

Election officials said more than 2,600 people came out to vote in person.

For absentee ballots to count, they must have been postmarked by Tuesday, June 23, and received by June 27 to be counted. Final election counts are due June 30. 

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