Early voting for 2022 General Election has started
Published 3:27 pm Friday, October 21, 2022
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Star Photo/Larry N. Souders
Every voting machine in the Carter County Election Commission’s office was occupied during a lunchtime rush on the second day of early voting.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders
A short line of voters waiting for a voting machine to become available during a mid-morning rush at the Carter County Election Commission’s office.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders
Poll worker Elizabeth Crawford (left) has a voter sign in prior to voting on day two of early voting.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders
Carter County resident Linda Shoun (left) listens to a poll worker explain using the voting machine.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders
Poll worker Tonya Sparks (seated) compares a voter ID with the information she has on her computer before handing a ballot out on day two of early voting.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders
Voters study the ballot before casting their votes on day two of early voting Thursday morning at the Carter County Election Commission’s office.
By Larry N. Souders
Star Correspondent
Early voting for the 2022 mid-term elections began Wednesday and will continue through Nov. 3 in Carter County and across the state.
The location for early voting is at the Carter County Election Commission Office, 116 Holston Ave., Elizabethton, across from the Carter County Health Department. There are new extended hours for early in-person voting this year. Ballots may be cast Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (instead of 4 p.m.) and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. until. noon.
“There were 323 voters who showed up to vote in person on the first day of early voting,” said Deputy Administrator of the Commission Janet Brumit.
Thursday also saw a steady stream of residents cast their ballots for the Nov. 8 general election. The Election Commission Office also took a voting machine to each of the county’s nursing homes, where 55 seniors voted. Brumit said the county had received 156 absentee ballots during the first days of the early voting period.
Voters will cast ballots for governor, U.S. House Representative and other state and local officials. In addition, there are four amendments updates to the Tennessee Constitution on the ballot this year. To help you understand these ballot initiatives, go to
https://www.cartercountytn.gov/government/departments-services/election- office and click on the link that will take you to a sample ballot.
To vote in any election in Tennessee, voters must present a federal or Tennessee state government-issued photo ID . College student IDs, photo IDs issued by other states, county or city governments, including library cards, will not be accepted.
Also, a reminder during the early voting period, the Carter County Election Commission office is an operating polling site, and under Tennessee State law, is subject to the 100-foot boundary rules. Per state law, no campaign materials, including signs, shirts, hats, or campaign literature, are permitted within 100 feet of a polling place. No campaigning, including vote solicitation, can take place inside the boundary and political candidates are prohibited from entering the boundary unless they have official business inside the Election Commission Office.
