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Early voting update: More than 16,000 have cast ballots in Anderson County

Posted at 1:57 pm November 1, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

There are now just over three days left in the early voting period in Tennessee for next Tuesday’s presidential and county general elections. Turnout at the polls has been impressive, and that string of robust participation continued on Monday.

In Anderson County on Monday, another 1,356 people voted, bringing the 11-day total, including paper ballots, to 16,370. Anderson County residents can cast ballots at the Clinton Community Center, the Midtown Community Center in Oak Ridge, and at the North Anderson Government Office in the Anderson Crossing Shopping Center from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today (Tuesday, November 1) through Thursday, November 3. For more, visit www.acelect.com or call (865) 457-6238.

In Campbell County, 472 voters hit the polls on Monday, bring the 11-day total there to a near-record number of 5,639. Campbell County voters can cast ballots at the Election Commission office in Jacksboro from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Thursday and at the Jellico Municipal Building from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Thursday. For more information, visit www.campbellelections.com or call 423-562-9777.

On Monday in Roane County, 933 people voted, meaning that 11,903 people had taken part in the election at the close of the polls last night (Monday, October 31). Early voting in Roane County continues from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Thursday at the Harriman, Kingston, and Rockwood community centers and at First Christian Church in Oak Ridge. You can visit www.roaneelections.com or call (865) 376-3184 for more information.

Among other elections, voters in Oak Ridge will choose candidates for Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge City Council, and representatives to a new eight-member Anderson County Charter Commission.

You can follow our 2016 election coverage here. You can see the November 8 sample ballot here.

Early voting started October 19 and ends November 3. The election is November 8.

WYSH Radio in Clinton is an Oak Ridge Today news partner.


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