Early voting is slated to start in Tennessee on July 15 for the August 4 elections for federal and state primaries, as well as for local elections.
Early voting will run from July 15 through July 30.
According to the Tennessee Secretary of State’s website, “Voters are encouraged to take advantage of Tennessee’s two-week early voting period. Tennesseans should prepare to see a longer ballot as they cast votes for state, federal and county officials and answer retention questions for judges on Tennessee’s Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Court of Criminal Appeals.”
The same photo ID laws that apply for voting in person on normal election day apply to early voting.
“Tennesseans voting early or on Election Day must bring valid photo identification with them to the polls. A driver’s license or photo ID issued by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, by Tennessee state government or by the federal government are acceptable even if they are expired. College student IDs are not acceptable,” the Tennessee Secretary of State website says.
Individuals seeking to vote during the July 15 to July 30 period can find their early voting and Election Day polling place and hours in the GoVoteTN app or on their county election commission website.
The early voting guide portion of the Tennessee Secretary of State’s website provides guidance on how the early voting dates are determined for each year’s election.
“To vote early, a person must appear in person at either the county election commission office or at a satellite voting location opened by the county election commission. The early voting period typically begins twenty (20) days before an election and ends five (5) days before an election. The exception is for the Presidential Preference Primary, when early voting ends seven (7) days before the election. Although closed from voting on holidays, a person may vote early on any Saturday that falls during this time frame. In those instances in a city election where there is not any opposition on the ballot, there shall be no early voting period,” it says.
It also says, “Both early voting and by-mail voting are for the voter’s convenience. These two voting choices differ in that to vote by-mail, the individual must have a statutory reason. On the other hand, to vote during the early voting period, the person may vote purely for the sake of convenience.”
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Tennesseans need to vote on ELECTION DAY and avoid the risk of your vote being stolen or giving them early warning of who is winning so they can rig the outcome. NO MAIL IN BALLOTS unless you are disabled and can not get out of the house. If you think there was no voter/election fraud in TN then you have not been paying attention. I personally will not be voting for Governor Lee. He is Democrat disguised as a Republican.. A RINO. I suggest you take a look at John Gentry running as an Independent. You will find the most constitutionally conservative in the Independent party.