Presidential voting begins today
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According to election administrator Donna Yates, early voting will be held Jan. 16-31 in the traditional early voting room located downstairs in the county government building on Locust Street. Voting hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays.
Given the fact the primaries fall in the winter, Yates suggests voters consider exercising their early voting option in case there is inclement weather Feb. 5. Yates also asks early voters to bring some sort of photo ID and their voter registration card.
Early voters will being expressing their preference in either the Democratic or Republican primaries. Voters will have to choose which primary to vote in.
There is one uncontested primary for the office of Assessor of Property where Democratic incumbent Carolyn Miller faces no opposition for her party’s nomination. To cast a complementary vote for Miller, the voter must vote in the Democratic primary.
Super Tuesday 2008, also referred to as Tsunami Tuesday given the 24 states which will be involved in the largest-ever, one-day primary, will decide around 40 percent of the overall delegates for each party’s convention.
In the South, Tennessee will be joined by border states Alabama, Georgia and Arkansas in Super Tuesday, along with super-delegate states such as California and New York.
Mitt Romney won the Republican primary last night in Michigan, while Hillary Clinton won a meaningless Democratic race, see page 2-A