July 20, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
For the first four days of Early Voting for the August Elections (Friday-Tuesday) a total of 766 people have cast ballots including 732 in person and 34 by absentee. From the total, 608 have voted in the Tennessee Republican Primary and 121 in the Tennessee Democratic Primary while 37 have voted only in the General Election without participating in either state primary.
The municipal election turnout through four days (Friday-Tuesday) is as follows: Smithville Municipal Election- 198; Alexandria 30, Liberty 12, and Dowelltown 10.
The DeKalb County Election Commission held early voting in Smithville and Alexandria on Tuesday, July 19.
The Tuesday turnout at each location is as follows:
Smithville (Courthouse): 169 (all in person), 131 (GOP Primary), 33 (Democratic Primary), 5 (General Election Only), 42 (Smithville Municipal Election), 5 (Liberty Municipal Election, 3 (Alexandria Municipal Election), 0 (Dowelltown Municipal Election)
Alexandria (Fairgrounds): 56 (in person), 46 (GOP Primary), 9 (Democratic Primary), 1 (General Election Only), 20 (Alexandria Municipal Election)
Early voting times are as follows at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Smithville: Mondays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.; Wednesdays 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.; Thursdays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. until Noon. Early voting will also be held again in the western part of the county on a limited basis. The DeKalb County Fairgrounds will be the site of early voting on July 19th from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on July 25 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Each early voting site is for any properly registered DeKalb County voter.