July 30, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Early voting ends Saturday, August 1 for next week’s election.
As of Thursday July 30, a total of 1240 people had taken advantage of early voting (July 17-30) for the August 6 election.
According to the DeKalb County Election Commission Office, 122 people cast ballots Thursday including 114 in person and 8 absentees. Of that number 80 voted in the Tennessee Republican Primary and 42 in the State Democratic Primary.
The City of Smithville vote stands at 350 total through Thursday including in-person and absentee ballots and property rights voters. Thirty two people voted Thursday.
After twelve days a total of 812 have voted in the Tennessee GOP primary, 383 in the Tennessee Democratic Primary, and 45 have voted only in the DeKalb County General Election without voting in either state primary.
Early voting started Friday, July 17 and runs through Saturday, Aug. 1 in the downstairs courtroom of the courthouse.
Hours for early voting are Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturday 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.