State of Tennessee
Voter Registration Information

Must register to vote 30 days before the election.
Can select party affiliation at the polls.

Can register to vote in person or obtain a mail-in application from:
County election office (see county election office list)
Division of motor vehicle offices
Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) offices
Medicaid offices
Food stamp offices
Women, infants and children (WIC) benefits offices
Agencies that provide services to people with disabilities
Public libraries

Obtain an online voter registration application at:
http://www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm

TENNESSEE ABSENTEE BALLOTS

Who Can Absentee Vote in Tennessee?

Registered voters meeting one of the following criteria may vote absentee by mail:
1. Persons Outside of County: If the voter will be outside the county where the voter is registered during the early voting period and on election day during all the hours the polls are open for any reason other than the fact that the voter will be imprisoned;
2. Students and Spouses Outside of County: If a voter is enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited college, university or similar accredited institution of learning in this state which is outside the county where the voter is registered. This provision also applies to the spouse of the student who resides with the student.
3. Jurors: If an individual expects to be unable to appear during the early voting period or at the polling place on election day because the person is serving as a juror for a federal or state court;
4. Persons Over 65 - Persons Hospitalized, Ill or Disabled.
(A) A person sixty-five (65) years of age or older when the person requests to vote absentee;
(B) The person is a handicapped voter and the voter's polling place is inaccessible;
(C) The person is hospitalized, ill or physically disabled, and because of such condition, the person is unable to appear at the person's polling place on election day; or
(D) The person is a caretaker of a hospitalized, ill or disabled person.
5. Candidates for Office: Without stating any reason therefor, if the voter is a candidate for office in the election for which the voter seeks to cast an absentee ballot;
6. Election Officials - Election Commission Members or Employees: If the person is an election official or a member or employee of the election commission on election day.
7. Observance of a Religious Holiday: If the voter cannot appear during the early voting period or at the polling place because of observance of a religious holiday.

How Can I Acquire an Absentee Ballot?

Those wishing to vote by absentee ballot must request a ballot from the county election commission. Ballots may be requested no later than 7 days before the election - they can be requested in person, by mail or by fax.

A request for an absentee ballot must contain the following information:
- Voter's name
- Voter's address
- Voter's Social Security number
- The address outside the county to which the voter wants the ballot to be mailed
- The election in which the voter wishes to vote
- The reason the voter must vote absentee

A voter may also opt for in-person absentee voting. He/she can go to the county election commission and apply and vote in a single trip. In-person absentee voting must be completed no earlier than 90 days and no later than 7 days before the election.

How do I Return the Absentee Ballot and What is the Deadline?

In order to be counted, the completed absentee ballot must be mailed in time to reach the commission office on or before Election Day.

Source:
League of Women Voters of Tennessee
1701 21st Avenue South, Suite 425
Nashville, TN 37212-3797
P: (615)297-7134
F: (615)383-6504
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/lwvtn/statelwv.htm
 

Tennessee Voter Registration Information:
Tennessee Local Election Offices:
ANDERSON
BEDFORD
BENTON
BLEDSOE
BLOUNT
BRADLEY
CAMPBELL
CANNON
CARROLL
CARTER
CHEATHAM
CHESTER
CLAIBORNE
CLAY
COCKE
COFFEE
CROCKETT
CUMBERLAND
DAVIDSON
DECATUR
DEKALB
DICKSON
DYER
FAYETTE
FENTRESS
FRANKLIN
GIBSON
GILES
GRAINGER
GREENE
GRUNDY
HAMBLEN
HAMILTON
HANCOCK
HARDEMAN
HARDIN
HAWKINS
HAYWOOD
HENDERSON
HENRY
HICKMAN
HOUSTON
HUMPHREYS
JACKSON
JEFFERSON
JOHNSON
KNOX
LAKE
LAUDERDALE
LAWRENCE
LEWIS
LINCOLN
LOUDON
MACON
MADISON
MARION
MARSHALL
MAURY
MCMINN
MCNAIRY
MEIGS
MONROE
MONTGOMERY
MOORE
MORGAN
OBION
OVERTON
PERRY
PICKETT
POLK
PUTNAM
RHEA
ROANE
ROBERTSON
RUTHERFORD
SCOTT
SEQUATCHIE
SEVIER
SHELBY
SMITH
STEWART
SULLIVAN
SUMNER
TIPTON
TROUSDALE
UNICOI
UNION
VAN BUREN
WARREN
WASHINGTON
WAYNE
WEAKLEY
WHITE
WILLIAMSON
WILSON