RECORD NUMBER of VOTERS locally - VOTE EARLY

October 14, 2008

Early voting begins Wednesday and reports indicate that local residents fired up about the presidential race…

That was Rutherford County Election Administrator Hooper Penual. He told us that voters need to anticipate long lines and should come prepared.

As far as the number of those registered to vote, it is defiantly increasing.

Penual told us that it’s too late to register at this point to vote in the November Presidential Election.

Again, early voting will take place Wednesday through October 30th. For more information visit WGNSradio.com - Keyword “Election.”

Complete List of candidates:

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN (DEMOCRATIC)
JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN (REPUBLICAN)
CHUCK BALDWIN AND DARRELL CASTLE (INDEPENDENT)
BOB BARR AND WAYNE ROOT (INDEPENDENT)
CHARLES JAY AND THOMAS L KNAPP (INDEPENDENT)
CYNTHIA MCKINNEY AND ROSA CLEMENTE (INDEPENDENT)
BRIAN MOORE AND STEWART ALEXANDER (INDEPENDENT)
RALPH NADER AND MATT GONZALEZ (INDEPENDENT)

US SENATE
ROBERT D TUKE (DEMOCRATIC)
LAMAR ALEXANDER (REPUBLICAN)
EDWARD L BUCK (INDEPENDENT)
CHRISTOPHER G FENNER (INDEPENDENT)
DAVID GATCHELL (INDEPENDENT)
ED LAWHORN (INDEPENDENT)
DANIEL TOWERS LEWIS (INDEPENDENT)
CHRIS LUGO (INDEPENDENT)

US HOUSE OF REP. - 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DIST.
BART GORDON (DEMOCRATIC)
CHRIS BAKER (INDEPENDENT)

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SENATE - 16TH DISTRICT
JEAN ANNE ROGERS (DEMOCRATIC)
JIM TRACY (REPUBLICAN)

STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 34TH DISTRICT
RISHI K SAXENA (DEMOCRATIC)
DONNA ROWLAND (REPUBLICAN)

STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 48TH DISTRICT
TIM TIPPS (DEMOCRATIC)
JOE CARR (REPUBLICAN)

STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 49TH DISTRICT
KENT COLEMAN (DEMOCRATIC)
RICK WOMICK (REPUBLICAN)

STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 62ND DISTRICT
CURT COBB (DEMOCRATIC)
BARBARA BLANTON (REPUBLICAN)

SMYRNA COUNCIL MEMBER
Vote for (3)
PAUL HITE JOHNS
TIM MORRELL
MARY ESTHER REED
JAMES YATES

CITY OF LAVERGNE, ALDERMAN
Vote for (2)
SENNA MOSLEY
MIKE SLINKER
DENNIS R WALDRON

CITY OF EAGLEVILLE, COUNCILMAN
4 year term
Vote for (3)
ALAN BALL
DONNA JESEN
RONNIE HILL
SAM TUNE

CITY OF EAGLEVILLE, COUNCILMAN
2 year unexpired term
vote for (1)
WILLIAM (WES) FITZGERALD

Early voting procedures:

Early Voting begins twenty (20) days and ends five (5) days before each election. Early Voting is conducted at the Election Commission Office, and at satellite locations to be announced.

No reason is needed to vote early.

If needed, the voter may change his/her address or name while voting early. Inactive voters can also be reactivated. We strongly encourage candidates and their workers, who may encounter a voter who needs to change his/her name or address, to do so prior to the deadline to register or at the latest, during early voting.

Voters need to bring some form of identification with them. The voter’s registration card is our first choice because it has the voter’s number on it and speeds up the process.
Hours for early voting will be decided by the Election Commission and announced for each election.

On the last day of early voting, machines will be sealed and taken to a secure location. Early voting results will be tallied after closing of the polls at 7:00 p.m. on election night.