Saturday Last Day of Early Voting

UPDATE: As of last Friday, 12,946 people in Hamilton County had taken advantage of early voting. That’s 8,157 more voters than in 2016, representing a 170 percent increase.

Early voting for the state and federal primary contests began on Friday, July 17 and continues through Saturday, Aug. 1.

Here are the early voting sites:

Brainerd Rec Center, 1010 North Moore Rd. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Election Commission, 700 River Terminal Rd. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday’s hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Collegedale City Hall, 4910 Swinyar Dr. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday’s hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Hixson Community Center, 5401 School Drive. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday’s hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Hamilton County Election Commission is urging voters to wear a mask and practice social distancing when voting in person. Bring hand sanitizer and a blue or black ink pen.

Thursday July 30, 2020 is the deadline to request an Absentee By-Mail ballot for the August 6 State Primary/County General Election. Click on the link below for more information about absentee ballots:

http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/VoterInfo/AbsenteeVoting.aspx

Click on the link below for a sample ballot: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/Home/News/tabid/1016/ArticleId/511/Sample-Ballots.aspx

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.