Today is election day. Polls are open until 8 p.m.
Elections in Anderson County includes special elections for Oak Ridge City Council, Anderson County Commission, and Anderson County mayor. There are also elections for Anderson County property assessor and Anderson County School Board.
Elections in Roane County include Roane County property assessor, Roane County road superintendent, and Roane County school board.
Tre Hargett
A record number of Tennessee voters cast ballots early this year, but the number of early votes appeared to be down in Anderson County and possibly Roane County.
As of Wednesday, 223,281 Tennesseans had either voted early or mailed in absentee ballots for the Aug. 2 election, Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett announced Thursday.
That’s up from 206,174 during the entire early voting period in August 2008, Hargett said. There were 11,267 people who mailed in absentee ballots in that election.
The number of voters casting ballots on the first day of early voting Friday was up from 2010, the Anderson County Election Commission said.
Elections Administrator Mark Stephens said 642 people voted Friday, up 146 from 2010.
The second of two political forums this week will feature Roane County candidates for property assessor, road superintendent, and school board districts five and six, as well as candidates for Oak Ridge City Council.
The forum starts at 7 p.m. today in the Oak Ridge Civic Center A-B Room.
