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Early voting

Tennessee voter turnout just shy of 2020 election

Char Daston

November 6, 2024

Tennessee voters turned out at almost the same numbers they did in 2020, when the state set a record. The Secretary of State’s office says 3,060,293 Tennesseans cast a ballot, which is 99.5% of the 2020 turnout.

Filed Under: Election Live Blog 2024, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Early voting, Elections 2024

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

Here’s what Nashville voters are saying about the transit referendum

Cynthia Abrams

November 4, 2024

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Nashville’s transit referendum proposes a half-cent sales tax increase to fund $3 billion in major transportation upgrades.

Filed Under: Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Early voting, election day, Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum

Tennessee statewide turnout down during early voting

Tony Gonzalez

November 3, 2024

Tennessee’s statewide early voter turnout this year was down 2.89% compared to 2020. One key difference was far fewer absentee ballots — down 61% — compared to the special permissions allotted during the pandemic.

Filed Under: Election Live Blog 2024, Politics Tagged With: Early voting, Elections 2024, voting

Tennessee voters in their own words

Rachel Iacovone

November 1, 2024

Housing prices, gun violence and heated rhetoric — here’s what Tennessee voters were thinking about while casting early ballots. Around 220,000 voters cast ballots across Nashville, which is a more than 13% drop from the pace in 2020.

Filed Under: Election in Depth 2024, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Early voting, Elections 2024

Long lines and scarce parking: Tennesseans show out in droves for the first day of early voting

Marianna Bacallao

October 16, 2024

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On the first day of early voting, Nashvillians came out in droves to cast their ballot for the 2024 election.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Early voting, Elections 2024, Green Hills, voting

What to know before you vote in Middle Tennessee

Marianna Bacallao

October 1, 2024

From early voting to Election Day, this guide to voting in Middle Tennessee has you covered.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: absentee voting, Cheatham County, Davidson County, Early voting, Elections 2024, Robertson County, Rutherford County, Sumner County, voter ID, voting, Williamson County, Wilson County

Nashville mayor’s race early vote totals reveal frontrunners

Cynthia Abrams

August 3, 2023

With polls officially closed and results starting to roll in, four members of the 11-candidate mayoral field have emerged as clear frontrunners.

Tagged With: Early voting, election day, election day 2023, Mayoral election, mayoral race, Mayoral Race 2023, Nashville mayor, Nashville mayoral race

The polls are open! Here’s what early voters had to say about Davidson County’s 2023 municipal election

Rose Gilbert

July 14, 2023

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The Howard Office Building, which houses the Davidson County Clerk’s office, is one of the most popular polling locations. On Friday morning, it was bristling with campaign signs for the dozens of candidates running for local offices, including mayor and Metro Council.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Vox Pop Questions, WPLN News Tagged With: Early voting, election, Mayor's race 2023, Mayoral Race 2023, nashville local elections, Nashville Metro Council

Nashville affordable housing — mayoral candidates respond to a WPLN listener’s question

Cynthia Abrams

July 7, 2023

WPLN asked Nashville’s mayoral candidates questions from listeners. Here’s what they had to say on affordable housing.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 2023 election, affordable housing, city, city-state relations, climate change, Early voting, election, environment, General Assembly, gun violence, Housing, Mayor's race 2023, mayoral candidates, Mayoral election, Mayoral Race 2023, Nashville mayor, Nashville mayoral race, public transit, school safety, transit

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