Governor Phil Bredesen and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean plan to vote this morning in Metro’s special election. Halfway through early voting, more than 6,000 have cast ballots in what was expected to be a low-turnout election.
Turnout is still expected to be only a fraction of registered voters in Davidson County, but Election Administrator Ray Barrett says he’s surprised by the steady flow. In recent elections, more ballots are cast early than on Election Day. Barrett says that probably won’t happen this time.
“I don’t think so with just this one early voting site. I think you’ll vote more Election Day, if the weather’s good.”
To cut costs in this election, the Metro Office Building on 2nd Ave. is the only early voting site.
On the ballot are two charter revisions. One would require official Metro business to be done only in English. The other makes it easier to put charter revisions on the ballot.
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