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
- Friday Toons (RoaneViews)
- Friday Toons (RoaneViews)
- Toons...It's Friday, isn't it? (Don't tell me if I messed this one up as well...) (RoaneViews)
- Friday Toons Saturday (RoaneViews)
- 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)
- Chef steals food to serve at restaurant? (BlountViews)
- Blount County, TDOT make road deal for gun mfg ignoring town of Louisville,TN, (BlountViews)
- It's voting time again. Let's get out the vote. (BlountViews)
- Winter at the Big Rocks (Whitescreek Journal)
- Secrets from My Radio Days (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Harris pursues undecided Latino voters in wide-ranging Univision town hall (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: You can’t watch Big Orange football without shopping and dining (TN Lookout)
- Federal appeals court weighs fate of DACA program (TN Lookout)
- Report: Hospital capacity limits leave half of TN counties more vulnerable to extreme heat (TN Lookout)
- Biden slams Trump as ‘damn un-American,’ urges Congress to speed up hurricane aid (TN Lookout)
- Vanderbilt grad students look for increased pay, better benefits with United Auto Workers (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- It wasn’t art but Vols nip Gators in overtime (Knox TN Today)
- LCSO’s Brooke Slattery: What a year (so far)! (Knox TN Today)
- Vitamin supplements: Fact or fiction? (Knox TN Today)
- Bob Corker talks foreign affairs today (Knox TN Today)
- FirstBank partners with Zoo Knoxville (Knox TN Today)
- Benita Albert reminds us of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Knox TN Today)
- Prep football scores Week 8 (Knox TN Today)
- Jerry Griffey, mortuary owner, dies at 90 (Knox TN Today)
- Pro basketball in Nashville will have orange hue (Knox TN Today)
- Becoming (Knox TN Today)
- Live from Alaska: Chasing the ‘fat bear’ (Knox TN Today)
- Massey, Bryant to meet in candidate forum (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- KPD investigating shooting on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave (WBIR)
- Multi-Agency Resource Center opens in Newport (WATE)
- Western Avenue restaurant impacted by explosives scare, evacuation (WATE)
- Man critically injured after shooting on I-40, Knoxville police investigation underway (WATE)
- Dylan Sampson surge leads Vols past Gators in overtime (WATE)
- SEC Nation coming to Knoxville for Vols face off with Alabama (WATE)
- ABR takes in tiny cubs who lost mother after crash on Highway 321 in Townsend (WBIR)
- Most dangerous cities to drive in Tennessee (WATE)
- Knoxville restaurateur delivers 500 hot meals to NC area devasted by Hurricane Helene (WBIR)
- Downtown barge will host concerts, tailgates and a wiffleball home run derby on the Tennessee River (WBIR)
- Hartford businesses working to rebuild after devastating flooding from Hurricane Helene (WBIR)
- Reba's new NBC sitcom 'Happy's Place' will be set in Knoxville (WBIR)
News Sentinel
State News
- Mocs hit midseason trending upward on offense, defense - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga Knows: Who drew 10,000 people to Memorial Auditorium in September 1968? - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Kennedy: Chattanooga man oldest to complete 600-mile ‘Monkey Run’ - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- State Sen. Todd Gardenhire describes himself as a fixer with an independent streak - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Asia shares stutter as China's stimulus pledges fail to inspire - Reuters (Business)
- Goldman Sachs Upgrades China Growth Forecasts on Latest Stimulus - Bloomberg (Business)
- Man arrested near Trump rally in California faces gun charges - Reuters (US News)
- Floridians return home to clean up from two hurricanes, with gas and power in short supply - CNN (US News)
- The Harsh Reality of ‘Hurricane Insurance’ - Bloomberg (Business)
- Internal polling memo has warning signs for Senate Republicans - POLITICO (US News)
- US deploying THAAD missile defence system, troops to Israel - Al Jazeera English (US News)
- In NC, Harris digs at Trump over medical records, debate - The Hill (US News)
- Elon Musk’s Optimus bot stole the show at Tesla’s robotaxi unveil—but the AI was all smoke and mirrors - Fortune (Business)
- Tampa Bay gas lines ease as more fuel shows up after Milton - Tampa Bay Times (Business)
- Trump would not weaken the dollar, says adviser Scott Bessent - Financial Times (US News)
- Rep. Maxwell Frost says Congress should return "as soon as possible" to replenish disaster relief funds - CBS News (US News)
- North Korea says front-line units ready to strike South Korea if more drones appear - The Associated Press (US News)
- Fed rate cuts were supposed to help ease U.S. debt costs, but it’s not looking good so far - Fortune (Business)
- ECB Is Set to Deepen Global Easing With Rate Cut It Didn’t Expect - Yahoo Finance (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