Dates and Times set for November Election Early Voting (View Sample Ballot Here)

September 14, 2022
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The early voting and election day hours for the November election have been set by the DeKalb County Election Commission.

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Early voting begins October 19 and runs through November 3 at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Smithville and will be held on one day at the Fairgrounds in Alexandria.

Times for early voting are as follows: Mondays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Thursdays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. until Noon.

The early voting date at the Fairgrounds is Thursday, Oct., 27 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m..

“The election commission has again set the times to accommodate various voter schedules and we encourage voters to take advantage of the early voting,” said Administrator of Elections Dennis Stanley.

The hours for voting at the 12 precincts on Election Day are 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Voters will be making their selections for Governor, Congressman and State Representative and voters in the 4th district only will have a candidate for Constable to fill an unexpired term. In addition, voters will be making their choices on four constitutional amendments.

Candidates for Governor are: Republican incumbent Bill Lee, Democratic nominee Jason Brantley Martin and Independents Constance M. Every, John Gentry, Basil Marceaux, Charles Van Morgan, Alfred O’Neil, Deborah Rouse, Michael E. Scantland and Rick Tyler.

Candidates for U.S House of Representatives District 6 are Republican incumbent John Rose and Democratic challenger Randal Cooper.

Candidates for Tennessee House of Representatives District 40 are Republican Michael Hale and Democrat Tom Cook, both from DeKalb County.

The lone candidate for Constable in the 4th District is Republican Lane Ball.

The amendments deal with issues ranging from employment rights to a process for the temporary exercise of power of the governor to forever prohibiting slavery to deleting a section which prohibits ministers from holding a seat in the legislature.

In general terms, Constitutional Amendment #1 would add a new section to article X1 to make it illegal for any person, corporation, association or the State of Tennessee or its political subdivisions to deny or attempt to deny employment to any person because of the person’s membership in, affiliation with, resignation from, or refusal to join or affiliate with any labor union or employee organization.

Constitutional Amendment #2 would add to Article III, Section 12 of the current constitution a process for the temporary exercise of powers and duties of the governor by the Speaker of the Senate (or the Speaker of the House if there is no Speaker of the Senate in office) when the governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.

Constitutional Amendment #3 would change the language in article I, section 33 of the current constitution with “slavery and involuntary servitude are forever prohibited. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an inmate from working when the inmate has been duly convicted of a crime.”

Constitutional Amendment #4 simply deletes article IX, section I of the current constitution which prohibits ministers of the gospel and priests of any denomination from holding a seat in either House of the legislature.

“Voters should note that the Amendments will be placed on the ballot directly after the Governor’s race,” Stanley said. “Amendments are presented as yes or no questions. A “yes” vote is a vote to amend the Constitution and adopt the proposed language in the amendment. A “no” vote is a vote to NOT amend the constitution and keep the current language in the Constitution unchanged,” he added.

For any amendment to pass, it must get more “yes” votes than “no” votes; and the number of “yes” votes must be a majority of the total votes in the gubernatorial election.

The hours for voting at the 12 precincts on Election Day, November 8, are 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.

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September 13, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Soil Conservation District paid tribute to the late Anita Houk Wednesday morning by planting a Sunset Maple tree in her memory at Green Brook Park.

Family and friends of Mrs. Houk joined in the observance.

Houk was a 17-year office manager of the local Soil Conservation District Office until her retirement. She passed away in July.

“We are planting this tree in honor of her (Anita) because trees represent things that are big, straight, and tall and that is the way her life was. It stood out to me,” said Jimmy Herndon, President of the DeKalb Soil Conservation District Board of Directors prior to the tree planting.

“Anita really loved her job. It was a huge part of her life. She was always cheerful and had a happy attitude,” said Herndon.

“Anita and I attended high school together and I always felt comfortable being around her. She and her husband Bernard were our neighbors in the Blue Springs Community. She and I talked frequently over the years about things other than soil conservation business and in doing so she shared her faith in God and her belief in the power of prayer. We often talked about people who needed our prayers. That’s the way she thought about things. She was genuinely concerned about others and their needs,” added Herndon.

September 14, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Seventh District member Shaun Tubbs has been re-elected Chairman of the DeKalb County Board of Education.

During Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting, Tubbs was again selected by his fellow board members to serve as chairman for the next twelve months. This will be Tubbs’ second year as Chairman.

Meanwhile, Third district member Jim Beshearse was re-elected Vice Chairman of the Board while Sixth District member Jason Miller will again serve as the board’s Tennessee Legislative Network (TLN) representative.

The board re-organizes each September electing officers to serve for the year.

In other business, Director of Schools Patrick Cripps gave his monthly report on personnel as follows:

Employment- Eddie Blair, Teacher at DeKalb West School and Heather Koelle, Educational Assistant at Smithville Elementary School.

Leave of Absence- Michael Crockett, Cameron Lester, Shelia McMillen, and Christina Merriman

Resignation-Daniel Seber

The board also voted to accept bids on replacing bleachers and lighting at the DCHS football field.

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