Election Day 2018

Election Day 2018 is upon us.

Polls in Hamilton County will open at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, November 6. The polls will close at 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.

There are four voting precincts in East Ridge: Precincts 1 and 3 are at the Community Center at 1517 Tombras Avenue; Precinct 4 is at 1601 Prater Road at East Ridge United Methodist Church; Precinct 2 is at the American Legion Post 95 at 3329 Ringgold Road.

In the East Ridge Municipal Election, voters will cast ballots to select a mayor, court clerk and two council members. In addition the State House of Representatives seat District 30 is an open seat this year.

When you vote you will need a photo ID issued by the State of Tennessee or the Federal Government. For comprehensive information about voting click here.

Click here for a sample ballot.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.