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
- DOJ releases 3 million pages of Epstein files, taking in 180,000 images and 2,000 videos (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee governor urges better Nashville Electric Service efforts in winter storm (TN Lookout)
- ‘Not what our faith teaches’: Nashville faith groups host vigil outside Homeland Security office (TN Lookout)
- Partial federal government shutdown begins, amid hopes it won’t last long (TN Lookout)
- Rising health costs could shift midterm voters toward Democrats, survey shows (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Memphis mayor claims ICE cooperation only for fighting crime (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Vols down Auburn with defense, rebounding and free throws (Knox TN Today)
- POSTPONED: Annual Knox County legislative forum set for Jan. 31 (Knox TN Today)
- Lady Vols ‘out-toughed’ in loss to Bulldogs (Knox TN Today)
- Sarah Brobst + Felicia Harris Hoehne + Ice at Fall Creek Falls ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Dishing It Out: Slow Cooker Shredded Mexican Chicken (Knox TN Today)
- Harrington: Keeping his nose to the grindstone (Knox TN Today)
- Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley expands hours (Knox TN Today)
- HEADLINES: News and events from the World, the USA, Tennessee, Knox & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
- Don’t miss Snake Day and Zoo Camp at Zoo Knoxville (Knox TN Today)
- Food City supports Community Schools program (Knox TN Today)
- Knox the Fox visits Western Georgia cities (Knox TN Today)
- A Conversation with Gil Hough (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Knoxville Weather: Dangerously cold Sunday night into early Monday (WATE)
- Fire at Rockwood storage unit facility closes road (WATE)
- Knoxville Area Transit announces delay Monday morning (WATE)
- Lady Vols comeback vs. No. 1 UConn falls short (WATE)
- Two teens face alcohol-related charges after crash in Knoxville (WATE)
- Report lists number of people illegally in U.S. charged, convicted in each TN county in 2025 (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- ‘Defensive ends’ made a sizable difference for Vols against Auburn - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Kennedy: A raft of memories, an untimely death, a life well-lived - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga Now Events - "The Art of Patterning" - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- ICE protests, thanks to EPB and more rants - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- ‘Historic storm’ delivers biggest snowfall in decades for North Carolina - The Washington Post (US News)
- Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’ - The Guardian (US News)
- Starmer Urges Former Prince Andrew to Testify to Congress Over Epstein Ties - The New York Times (US News)
- 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and father return to Minnesota from ICE facility in Texas - AP News (US News)
- Mayor of Portland, Oregon, demands ICE leave the city after federal agents gas protesters - Politico (US News)
- European Tech Giant Cuts Off U.S. Subsidiary After Multimillion Dollar ICE Contract - Gizmodo (Business)
- House’s Bid to End Partial Shutdown Gets Tougher - The Wall Street Journal (US News)
- U.A.E. Firm Quietly Took Stake in the Trump Family’s Crypto Company - The New York Times (Business)
- Former Trump economic official Gary Cohn says Kevin Warsh will "take the Fed back to its traditional" norms - CBS News (Business)
- Democrats post early fundraising edge in marquee 2026 Senate races - Politico (US News)
- Experts Growing Worried About World in Which AI Takes Your Job and You Have No Way to Provide for Yourself - Futurism (Business)
- ‘We’re not in a bubble yet’ because only 3 out of 4 conditions are met, top economist says. Cue the OpenAI IPO - Fortune (Business)
- Week ahead: AMZN, GOOG, PLTR, AMD, PFE, DIS, PYPL, ABBV, QCOM, SMCI, MRK, PEP, UBER, PM - Seeking Alpha (Business)
- Chinese Speculators Set the Stage for Gold and Silver Crash - Bloomberg (Business)
- Nvidia CEO denies he’s ‘unhappy’ with OpenAI - The Verge (Business)
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
