July 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
A total of 668 people have taken advantage of early voting for the August 6 elections through Thursday, July 23.
According to the DeKalb County Election Commission Office, 111 people cast ballots Thursday including 101 in person and 10 absentees. Of that number 85 voted in the Tennessee Republican Primary, 23 in the State Democratic Primary, and 3 voted only in the DeKalb County General Election without voting in either state primary.
The City of Smithville vote stands at 221 total through Wednesday including in-person and absentee ballots and property rights voters. Thirty one people voted Thursday.
For the first six days of early voting a total of 419 have voted in the Tennessee GOP primary, 225 in the Tennessee Democratic Primary, and 24 have voted only in the DeKalb County General Election without voting in either state primary.
Early voting started Friday, July 17 and runs Monday to Saturday until Saturday, Aug. 1 in the downstairs courtroom of the courthouse.
Hours for early voting are Mondays 1-5 p.m.; Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Thursdays 2-6 p.m.; Fridays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Election day voting at all 15 precincts will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 6.