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Davidson County Election Commission

Election Day turnout strong so far in Davidson County

Rose GilbertandChar Daston

November 5, 2024

Davidson County saw a strong start to Election Day voting this morning, with several locations reporting lines forming before they even opened their doors. As of Tuesday afternoon, in-person voting was more than 25% higher than at the same time in 2020.

Filed Under: Election Live Blog 2024, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Election Commission, Early voting, Jeff Roberts

In Tennessee, your ballot may not show the name you wanted. Why it happens and how to fix it.

Marianna Bacallao

October 23, 2024

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Tennesseans at the polls may be surprised that the name of the candidate they select is not the one that appears on their ballot. The voting machine isn’t necessarily the problem

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Election Commission, Elections 2024, Jeff Roberts, voting

From voter to official: Davidson County residents answer Election Commission’s need for poll workers

Cynthia Abrams

September 4, 2023

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Staffing polls is just one element of ensuring an election runs smoothly — and it’s not always easy.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Election Commission, Davidson County elections, election, Election Commission, election workers, poll officials, poll watchers, poll workers, staffing, voting

There’s an important deadline coming up for Davidson County voters this week

Blaise Gainey

May 15, 2023

Voters hoping to register for the primaries for the District 52 special election have until the end of business Tuesday. The seat must be filled after the Republican General Assembly expelled Democratic Rep. Justin Jones.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Election Commission, Justin Jones

Tennessee Three receive invitation to visit the White House

Blaise Gainey

April 19, 2023

Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones are expected to head to the White House next Monday to visit with President Joe Biden.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Davidson County Election Commission, Gloria Johnson, Joe Biden, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, shelby county, Tennessee Three, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee’s AG is taking lead in the elections case involving Davidson County precinct mixup

Blaise Gainey

November 29, 2022

The Davidson County Elections commission is getting sued over a voting mix-up involving several precincts. The Attorney General’s office will be handling the case on behalf of Metro.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Election Commission, Elections 2022, Tennessee Attorney General

Nashville voters: Read these instructions if you worry officials misassigned your voting district

Tony Gonzalez

November 5, 2022

Nashville polling place with a "voter please wait here until called" sign

Nashville voters who were mistakenly assigned to the wrong voting districts are being given special instructions to ensure their ballots are counted this week.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Election Commission, Elections 2022, voting rights

Lawsuit prompts Nashville to fix ballot mistake, and a state investigation will look closer

Blaise GaineyandTony Gonzalez

November 4, 2022

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Nashville election officials are moving to make sure voters cast ballots in the correct midterm contests.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Election Commission, Elections 2022, Jason Martin, Jeff Roberts, Mark Green, Metro Government, odessa kelly, Tennessee Democratic Party, Tennessee Politics, tnpol, Vincent Dixie, voting rights

At Nashville voting sites, expect more poll watchers than normal

Blake Farmer

November 1, 2022

Nashville has seen an uptick in poll watchers this election season as conservatives nationwide put more scrutiny on voting sites. At least 240 people have been approved, according to the Davidson County Election Commission — more Republicans than Democrats — and more people are expected to sign up.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Election Commission, Elections 2022

Nashville’s August election is like the playoffs. So, why are so many voters sitting it out?

Ambriehl Crutchfield

July 29, 2022

In Nashville, roughly 2,000 people are sitting out early voting compared to the same day in 2018. Contests for the Democratic governor’s race, judicial seats and four city charter amendments are on the ballot.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County, Davidson County Election Commission, Elections 2022, MNPS

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