The Election Commission met in a meeting Wednesday morning to set early voting times and days, select poll officials, and call the Normandy and Wartrace elections.
The commission voted to set …
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The Election Commission met in a meeting Wednesday morning to set early voting times and days, select poll officials, and call the Normandy and Wartrace elections.
The commission voted to set early voting from July 15 to July 30, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays. The State primary elections and Bedford County general election will be on August 4, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
City elections are not partisan and will have their general election in November, except for Bell Buckle whose city elections will be in August.
Chairman Danny Robbins asked Election Administrator Summer Leverette if there would be a tremendous turnout or not.
“You have your state primary, which will be the governor election,” Leverette said. Major races like this tend to bring in a higher turnout, according to Leverette.
District 5 in Bedford is considered “competitive” with six candidates running, including: Scott Johnson (R), Jeff Sweeney (R), Bo Wilson (I), Linda Yockey (I), Tracey Strassner (I), and Jim Walker (I). (This list is subject to change). District 5 includes the southeastern corner of the County in the Normandy and Raus areas.
Voters can also vote for school board districts 2, 3, 4, or 7 on August 4. Any member running for county commission cannot run again for school board in the same year, according to Leverette.
Leverette added that with all the school board issues going on—referring to the recent removals and position shifts of several principals—the election office has had several write-ins already as voters become more involved with the issues at hand.
Leverette said the week after Cascade High principal Josh Young and vice principal Brad Davis were removed from their positions, “our phones were ringing off the hook...So we may have more write-ins.”
The deadline for write-in submissions is June 15 at noon.
Other key dates for the State/Federal primary and the State/County general election:
•Voter registration deadline - Thursday, July 5
•Early voting - Friday, July 15 to Saturday, July 30
•Absentee ballot request deadline - Thursday, July28
