2024 Presidential Preference Primary & Knox County Primary Election
Last Day to Request an Absentee Ballot: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
EARLY VOTING: Wednesday, February 14 to Tuesday, February 27, 2024 (excluding Sundays)
Election Day: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Sample Ballot - For the Democratic Ballot, go to Page 2, Columns 2 & 3
(I'm certainly glad that Democrats don't have to vote for Presidential Delegates. What a waste of time.)
New voting machines. Hart Intercivic, Verity electronic machines with printed ballot. Blount County is using these same machines for the first time. There is a youtube videos at the Election Commission site showing how the machines can be used.
Blount County Election Commission
Foothills Mall Monday - Saturday / 10 am - 6 pm
197 Foothills Mall Drive
Maryville, TN 37801
Blount County Public Library Monday - Friday / 11 am - 7 pm
Sharon Lawson Room
508 North Cusick Street
Maryville, TN 37804
Everett Gym Monday - Friday / 11 am - 7 pm
318 South Everett High Road
Maryville, TN 37804
Pellissippi Campus Monday - Friday / 8 am - 4 pm
2731 West Lamar Alexander Parkway
Friendsville, TN 37737
Providence Baptist Church Annex Monday - Friday / 11 am - 7 pm
5766 Sevierville Road
Seymour, TN 37865
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Discussing
- Alcoa Schools close for teacher shortages (1 reply)
- City of Alcoa's costly wish list for Alcoa Highway. (1 reply)
- Blount County coronavirus cases at 39,189 as of 4/23/2022 (1 reply)
- Blount County coronavirus cases at 39,079 as of 4/2/2022 (1 reply)
- Blount County coronavirus cases at 38,344 as of 2/12/2022 (1 reply)
- Blount County coronavirus cases at 33,274 as of 1/22/2022 (2 replies)
- Blount County coronavirus cases at 26,253 as of 1/03/2022 (1 reply)
- Blount Memorial at record high for COVID-19 hospitalizations (1 reply)
- Blount County coronavirus cases nearly 16,000 as of 07/12/2021 (3 replies)
- Blount County coronavirus pandemic numbers (2 replies)
- The City of Alcoa's uncontrolled and costly development (2 replies)
- Alcoa City Schools opened Wednesday, July 22nd (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- Alcoa Safe Streets Plan Survey (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- Report on Blount County, TN, No Kings event (BlountViews)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- Lee's Fried Chicken in Alcoa closed (BlountViews)
- Alcoa, Hall Rd. Corridor Study meeting, July 30, 2024 (BlountViews)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- US Supreme Court in defeat for Trump blocks deployment of National Guard in Chicago (TN Lookout)
- Audit identifies flaws in state child care center investigations (TN Lookout)
- House GOP to push forward Memphis school takeover plan with ‘teeth’ (TN Lookout)
- Trump appears in several files of latest Epstein release (TN Lookout)
- John Cole’s Tennessee: Plink! (TN Lookout)
- Gov. Bill Lee stays mum as a deadline looms to opt into a summer food program for kids (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from your Library (Knox TN Today)
- The Book Whisperer’s ‘Best Audiobook of 2025’ (Knox TN Today)
- Santa at SMG + Lambdin at Berean + Sterchi School expansion + In Memoriam (Knox TN Today)
- Young Reader’s Shelf: Jólabókaflóðið (Knox TN Today)
- Hammer’s Hardwood Classic results from weekend (Knox TN Today)
- Grace Christian’s mindset could produce big second half of season (Knox TN Today)
- PSCC graduates 780+ in fall commencement (Knox TN Today)
- HEADLINES: World & national news to state & local news, events (Knox TN Today)
- Lady Vols close 2025 with win (Knox TN Today)
- Reynolds Ramsey: His winter provision of flour (Knox TN Today)
- A happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night (Knox TN Today)
- Gary Doyle + Kelley Harris + Shannon Bolden + Jessica Schaeffer ++ (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- NORAD celebrates 70 years of tracking Santa Claus (WATE)
- Tennessee CB Colton Hood declares for NFL draft (WATE)
- Five taken to hospital after house fire in Morristown (WATE)
- Inspector finds no date marks, no sanitizer in bucket at Morristown restaurant (WATE)
- Woman dead after Knox County officers fire shots (WATE)
- Public asked for tips after illegal deer poaching in Cades Cove (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Southside Chattanooga townhome project resumes following lawsuit and foreclosure sale - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- The Michelin effect: How the awards impacted Chattanooga area businesses - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Homegrown developer works to bring affordable housing to East Chattanooga - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Debate over state law heightens Red Bank certified tax rate arguments - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Storm brings heavy rain, wind; Flash Flood Warning extended for parts of LA and Ventura counties - ABC7 Los Angeles (US News)
- Officials discover a million more documents potentially related to Epstein case - BBC (US News)
- Europe slams visa bans after US takes fresh swing at allies over 'censorship' - Reuters (US News)
- Zelensky open to withdrawing troops in new peace draft, awaits Russian reply - The Washington Post (US News)
- Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs as Santa rally starts - Reuters (Business)
- Average US long-term mortgage rate ticks down to 6.18% this week - ABC News (Business)
- Nursing home explosion in Bucks County, Pennsylvania leaves 1 resident, 1 employee dead - 6abc Philadelphia (US News)
- Apple CEO Tim Cook Discloses $3 Million Nike Buy With Dow Giant At 7-Month Low - Investor's Business Daily (Business)
- We asked experts to rate the U.S. economy in 2025. Here's what they said. - CBS News (Business)
- Trump’s claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say - The Guardian (US News)
- Weight-loss pill approval set to accelerate food industry product overhauls - Reuters (Business)
- US unemployment claims fall again last week, remain at historically healthy level - AP News (Business)
- Economy grows, chip tariff delay, new S&P 500 record and more in Morning Squawk - CNBC (Business)
- Supreme Court’s National Guard decision could force new debate over how Trump could use Insurrection Act - CNN (US News)
- 19 states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care - NPR (US News)
Local area websites:
Blount DemsMC Democrats
Raven Society
League of Women Voters
Wendy Pitts Reeves
Stop Alcoa Parkway
KnoxViews
Knox Dems
RoaneViews
TennViews
TN Clean Water Network
TN Dems
Government websites:
Blount CountyCity of Alcoa
City of Maryville
State of Tennessee
TN Code Annotated
TN General Assembly
UT CTAS
UT MTAS
Media websites:
Maryville Daily TimesKnox News Sentinel
