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
- 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)
- Chef steals food to serve at restaurant? (BlountViews)
TN Politics
- Shutdown double whammy: SNAP food benefits ending and federal workers go unpaid (TN Lookout)
- In increasingly Hispanic Memphis schools, immigration enforcement surge brings fear, absences (TN Lookout)
- US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike (TN Lookout)
- John Cole’s Tennessee: Tricks or treats? (TN Lookout)
- Department of Children’s Services faces sharp questions about kids continuing to sleep in offices (TN Lookout)
- Trump backs embattled Ogles in Tennessee race against Hatcher (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Smoky Mountain Tales: A conversation with Charles Maynard (Knox TN Today)
- The Book Whisperer has perfect Halloween read (Knox TN Today)
- Garner on Vol defense: Everybody must do better (Knox TN Today)
- Sylvia McLaurin + Abby Rase + TN Promise + In Memoriam ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Downtown Knoxville has Halloween covered (Knox TN Today)
- Gibbs cements post season play, eliminates Heritage (Knox TN Today)
- Chunk takes the crown: Fat Bear Week 2025 ends with a big winner (Knox TN Today)
- HEADLINES: World news to local Deputy Kirchner facing amputation (Knox TN Today)
- Young Reader’s Shelf: Harry Potter series (Knox TN Today)
- GCA offers PK-12 & Hybrid Program Open Houses (Knox TN Today)
- BarberMcMurray receives TBR Chancellor’s Award (Knox TN Today)
- It cost a war pension (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Detroit man arrested in Jefferson County after joint narcotics investigation (WATE)
- Player of the Week: Anderson County's Jayzon Thompson runs wild with 347 yards, 7 TDs (WATE)
- New Ripley's attraction opens in Pigeon Forge (WATE)
- Knoxville nonprofits continue serving people with disabilities despite government shutdown impacts (WATE)
- 'Leaders of tomorrow' Anderson County honors JROTC cadets (WATE)
- 'We're pulling together' Cocke County organizations stepping up to help ahead of SNAP funding loss (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- UAW releases result of strike authorization vote at Volkswagen Chattanooga - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Amazon layoffs won’t hit Chattanooga area fulfillment centers - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Four prep football games to watch in the Chattanooga area - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Georgia panel raises state park fees with additional price hikes in the works - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Massive Azure outage recovery efforts underway - here's the latest - ZDNET (Business)
- Senate approves Democratic resolution to block Trump's tariffs on Canada - CBS News (US News)
- Federal Reserve cuts key rate yet Powell says future reductions are not locked in - AP News (Business)
- Judge rules Trump’s top federal prosecutor in L.A. is ‘unlawfully serving’ - Los Angeles Times (US News)
- Meta Q3 Earnings Stunted by Nearly $16 Billion U.S. Tax Charge Because of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act - variety.com (Business)
- Jurors convict Illinois deputy of killing Sonya Massey but can't agree on first-degree murder charge - AP News (US News)
- Shake-up at ICE will boost immigration numbers — just not the ones that matter most to Trump - Politico (US News)
- Laid-off Amazon employees are posting through it on social media - businessinsider.com (Business)
- Nvidia Becomes First $5 Trillion Company - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal (Business)
- Starbucks arrests sales decline as turnaround builds steam - Financial Times (Business)
- White House fires members of commission that is to weigh in on Trump’s construction projects - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos (US News)
- Democrats ramp up probes into Trump’s $300 million White House ballroom - The Washington Post (US News)
- Thieves disguised as construction workers pull off $3.2 million New York City jewelry and safe heist - NBC News (US News)
- How a lapse in SNAP benefits could affect consumers and retailers - CNBC (US News)
- Fiserv stock craters 44% for worst day ever after company slashes guidance - CNBC (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
