A total of 1,050 people cast ballots during the fourteen day period of early voting for the August 4 elections.
Saturday, July 30 was the last day of early voting and 143 cast ballots including 140 in person and 3 by absentee. A total of 69 voted in the Tennessee Republican Primary and 35 voted in the Democratic Primary. Thirty nine voted only in the DeKalb County General Election. Sixty people voted in the Smithville Municipal Election on Saturday.
For the fourteen days of early voting combined, 1,050 cast ballots including 993 in person and 57 by absentee.
The vote totals in each election are as follows:
Tennessee Democratic Primary: 378 (total)
Tennessee Republican Primary: 490 (total)
DeKalb County General Election Only: 182 (total)
Smithville Municipal Election: 397 plus 59 property rights voters for a total of 456
Dowelltown Municipal Election: 4 plus 2 property rights voters in Dowelltown
Liberty Municipal Election: 14
The voting by precinct during the fourteen days of early voting is as follows:
Alexandria: 36
Temperance Hall: 28
Edgar Evins State Park: 2
Liberty: 30
Dowelltown:18
Snow Hill:47
Church of God: 255
Rock Castle: 4
Courthouse:189
Johnson Chapel: 32
County Complex: 146
Belk: 4
Keltonburg: 38
Blue Springs: 38
Church of Christ Annex: 183
TOTAL: 1050
Five elections are set for August 4—the DeKalb County General Election, the Tennessee Republican and Democratic Primaries, and city elections in Smithville, Liberty and Dowelltown.
Voting at all fifteen precincts in the county on Thursday will be from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Listen LIVE for election return coverage on WJLE when the polls close Thursday night at 7 p.m.
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