TENNESSEE

Primary registration deadline – July 6

Primary date – August 5

General Election registration deadline – October 4

Election information phone number – 615-741-7956; Toll free 877-850-4959

State election website – http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election/index.htm

Early voting –

In person – Any voter may vote early in person, no excuse required. Early in-person voting is available between June 16 and July 1 for the Primary; between October 13 and October 28 for the General Election.

By mail – A voter may vote early by mail if he has a valid excuse. Valid excuses include: the voter will be outside his county of registration during the in- person early voting period (see above) and on Election Day; the voter or his/her spouse is a registered student at a college outside his county of registration; the voter’s doctor attests that the voter is not able to go to the polls; the voter is over 65; or the voter is disabled or the caregiver to a disabled person.

Applications to vote by mail must be received by June 29 for the Primary; October 26 for the General Election. Absentee/vote-by-mail ballots must be returned by the close of polls on Election Day.

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