July 30, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
The early voting turnout for the August 4 elections eclipsed that of August 2018 and 2014 but not by much.
For the 14-day period from July 15-30, a total of 2,489 cast ballots in this election compared to the early voting turnout of 2,361 in August 2018 and 2,399 in August 2014. In May of this year a total of 3,579 voted in the primaries combined including 1,661 on election day, 1,815 during early voting, and 103 by absentee.
According to the DeKalb County Election Commission, a total of 1,933 cast ballots in the Tennessee Republican Primary and 417 in the State Democratic Primary while 138 voted only in the DeKalb County General Election without participating in either state primary during the 14 day early voting period.
The early voting turnout for the Municipal elections is as follows: Smithville-644, Alexandria-65, Liberty 44, and Dowelltown-29.
During the last day of early voting Saturday, July 30 a total of 209 voted including 201 in person and 8 by absentee. In the state primaries, 161 voted Republican and 34 Democrat with 14 voting only in the General Election. Forty-one cast ballots in the Smithville Municipal Election, 2 in Alexandria, 3 in Dowelltown, and 1 in the Liberty Municipal Election.
Here is the early voting turnout by precinct:
Alexandria-174
Temperance Hall-86
Liberty-200
Snow Hill-126
Church of God-495
Rock Castle-2
Courthouse-459
Johnson Chapel-70
County Complex-290
Keltonburg-150
Blue Springs-100
Church of Christ Annex-337
Total-2489
Election Day voting (August 4) will be at all 12 precincts in DeKalb County from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. WJLE will have LIVE election return coverage and LIVE interviews with candidates when the polls close at 7 p.m.