{"id":383,"date":"2026-07-17T14:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/early-voting-begins-in-county-general-state-primary-election\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:41:05","slug":"early-voting-begins-in-county-general-state-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/early-voting-begins-in-county-general-state-primary-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting begins in county general, state primary election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early voting opened Friday, July 17 for the Aug. 6 State Primary\/County General Election, giving Tipton County voters more than two weeks to cast a ballot ahead of an election that will reshape several countywide offices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early voting runs through Saturday, Aug. 1, according to the Tipton County Election Commission. Voters can cast a ballot at either of the county&#8217;s two early voting sites regardless of where they live in the county.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Where and when to vote early<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early voting locations are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tipton County Election Commission, 113 E. Church St., Covington<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Baptist Church Atoka, 102 Kimbrough Ave., Atoka<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voters who miss the early voting window must vote at their assigned precinct on election day. Early voting is the only time voters may cast a ballot at a location other than their designated polling place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voters must bring a state- or federally issued photo ID to vote early, with exemptions for those who are indigent or have a religious objection to being photographed, according to the Election Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What&#8217;s on the ballot<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Aug. 6 ballot combines a state primary, in which voters choose party nominees for state and federal races, with a county general election, in which most local offices are decided outright, according to the sample ballot published by the Tipton County Election Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>State Primary Election<\/h3>\n<p>Voters will choose between voting in the Republican Primary or the Democratic Primary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Republican primary<\/strong> voters will choose among three candidates for governor \u2014 Marsha Blackburn, Monty Fritts and John Rose \u2014 and decide a contested U.S. House District 5 primary between Charlie Hatcher and Andy Ogles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The Republican ballot also includes U.S. Senate (Bill Hagerty, unopposed), U.S. House District 8 (David Kustoff, unopposed), Tennessee House District 81 (Jason Fleming and Brett A. Giannini), State Executive Committeeman for District 32 (Lee Mills, unopposed) and State Executive Committeewoman for District 32 (Charlotte Kelley, unopposed).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Democratic primary<\/strong> voters will choose among five candidates for governor \u2014 Carnita Atwater, Tim Cyr, Jerri Green, Adam &#8220;Ditch&#8221; Kurtz and Kevin Lee McCants \u2014 and among five candidates for U.S. Senate \u2014 Marquita Bradshaw, Maria Brewer, Kevin Lee McCants, Civil Miller-Watkins and Diana Onyejiaka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The Democratic ballot also includes a contested U.S. House District 5 primary among Yolanda Cooper-Sutton, Devante R. Hill, Rachel Hurley, Carrie Ann Iacomini and Chaz Molder, and a contested U.S. House District 8 primary among Dewey Gordon Bryan, Jordan D. Hinders, Heidi Kuhn and Leonard Perkins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Gregory W. Patrick is unopposed for State Executive Committeeman for District 32, while Georgia M. Dawson and Regina Nash are on the ballot for State Executive Committeewoman. No Democratic candidate qualified for the District 81 state House seat.<\/p>\n<h3>County General Election<\/h3>\n<p>Voters do not have to declare party affiliation to vote in the following races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">On the county general ballot, most countywide offices go to Republican nominees running unopposed, including County Executive William &#8220;Billy&#8221; Daugherty, County Trustee Kristie Glass Maxwell, Sheriff Shannon Beasley and County Clerk April Fortner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Two races are contested between a Republican nominee and an independent: Circuit Court Clerk (Shane Waits vs. Connie D. Fayne) and Register of Deeds (Stephanie A. Presley vs. Trena Jones).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Voters will also elect two county commissioners in each of the county&#8217;s nine districts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">District 1: Independents Sheila G. Barlow and Rusty Wooten.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">District 2: Incumbents Justin Gangaware (Independent) and Michael W. Naifeh (Republican) face Republican James Hardin.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">District 3: Republicans Richard Kelley and John Anthony Mashburn. Days before the qualifying deadline, after he&#8217;d already submitted his petition, Steve Bringle was notified by the Republican Party that he could not run as a Republican and is running as an Independent, write-in candidate.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">District 4: Republicans Walker A. Adams and Jason R. Skinner.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">District 5: Republicans Randy M. Roe and Glenn Turner.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">District 6: Republicans James &#8220;Jimbo&#8221; Adkins and Michelle Smith.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">District 7: Incumbents Brad Case (Republican) and Courtney Fee (Independent) face challenger Alvis Ferrell (Republican).<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">District 8: Republican Cecil G. Watson and independent James Lamont Sneed. District 9: Republican incumbents David Copeland and Jonathan G. Murphy face independent James Fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">School board seats are up in the even-numbered districts, all unopposed: Christopher Sage, an independent, in District 2; Matt McCann, a Republican, in District 4; Audrey Eckel, a Republican, in District 6; and Mike Gill, a Republican, in District 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">A constable will also be elected in each district. Unopposed candidates are Chris Fisher (Republican) in District 2, Reuben Miller (Republican) in District 3, Curtis Mayo (independent) in District 4, James &#8220;Shugs&#8221; Stroud (independent) in District 6, Alex Knight (independent) in District 8 and Kyle N. Smith (independent) in District 9. No candidate qualified for constable in Districts 1, 5 or 7.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full sample ballot listing every candidate and race is available from the Tipton County Election Commission: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tiptonco.com\/Site%20Setup\/document_center\/Elections\/2026_August%20GE_Sample%20Ballot.pdf?t=202606121250140\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2026 August General Election Sample Ballot (PDF)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Voting by mail or with accessibility needs<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voters who are 60 or older, out of town during the entire early voting period and on Election Day, hospitalized or disabled, or who meet other state-defined criteria may request a by-mail absentee ballot. Written requests must reach the Election Commission by Monday, July 27, according to the commission&#8217;s notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elderly voters or voters with disabilities whose polling place is inaccessible may vote early, by absentee ballot, or at the Election Commission office on Election Day; those choosing the latter option must file an affidavit at the office by July 27.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More detail on both options is available from the Election Commission: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tiptonco.com\/news_detail_T10_R81.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice for Early &amp; Absentee Voting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tiptonco.com\/news_detail_T10_R80.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice for Elderly Voters or Voters with Disabilities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Need help before you vote?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voters who are unsure of their registration status or Election Day polling location can look themselves up through the state&#8217;s voter lookup tool at tnmap.tn.gov\/voterlookup. Questions about voting can also be directed to the Tipton County Election Commission at 901-476-0223 or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:election@tiptonco.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">election@tiptonco.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early voting opened Friday, July 17 for the Aug. 6 State Primary\/County General Election, giving Tipton County voters more than two weeks to cast a ballot ahead of an election [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[79],"tags":[212,247,248,249,250,251,252,253,146,198,152,254,255,73,256,257,258,259,260,261,194,35,51,262,216],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-politics","tag-2026-election","tag-absentee-voting","tag-april-fortner","tag-august-2026-election","tag-billy-daugherty","tag-connie-fayne","tag-constable-races","tag-county-commission","tag-county-general-election","tag-covington","tag-early-voting","tag-judicial-retention","tag-kristie-glass-maxwell","tag-local-elections","tag-sample-ballot","tag-school-board","tag-shane-waits","tag-shannon-beasley","tag-state-primary","tag-stephanie-presley","tag-tennessee-politics","tag-tipton-county","tag-tipton-county-election-commission","tag-trena-jones","tag-voter-guide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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