VOTE IN TENNESSEE

for 2020 General Election

Tuesday, November 3rd

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

Monday, October 5th, 2020

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO REGISTER TO VOTE?

• VOTER REGISTRATION: ONLINE

  All voters wishing to vote in 2020 General Election must be registered to vote by Monday, October 5th. Click here to register to vote online.

• VOTER REGISTRATION: BY MAIL

  All voters wishing to vote in 2020 General Election must be registered to vote by Monday, October 5th. You can download and print the voter registration application, and send it to your local election officials.

• VOTER REGISTRATION: IN PERSON

  All voters wishing to vote in 2020 General Election must be registered to vote by Monday, October 5th by visiting your local election office. You may register to vote in person at your election division office, local clerk’s office, public libraries, register of deeds offices, and other state government agencies during a transaction.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO VOTE?

• VOTE IN PERSON

  Polling place hours: 7 am – 7 pm

  All voters must present a federal or Tennessee state ID containing the voter’s name and photograph when voting at the polls regardless of their expiration dates such as a Tennessee driver license with your photo, U.S. Passport, a photo ID issued by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, a photo ID issued by the federal or Tennessee state government, a United States Military photo ID or a Tennessee handgun carry permit with your photo

  Exception to this is voters who are residents of a licensed nursing home, voters who are hospitalized, voters with religious objection to being photographed, or voters who are indigent and unable to obtain a photo ID without paying a fee.

  Special requirement for first-time voters:
  Pursuant to the September 9, 2020 Order of the U.S. District Court, first-time voters are not required to vote in-person if they meet a legal reason to vote by-mail.

• VOTE EARLY (IN PERSON)

  Early voting is available in Tennessee. Voters must go in-person either to the county election commission office or at a satellite voting location opened by the county election commission. Early voting will take place from October 14th to October 29th, 2020.

• VOTE BY MAIL

  All registered voters with special vulnerability to COVID-19 and caretakers of them are allowed to vote absentee. You may request the absentee ballot by October 27th. Tennessee does not require first-time voters to vote in-person if they meet a legal reason to vote-by-mail. You may find more information on the absentee ballot at this link.

  • Your mail-in ballot must be received by your county election commission by 7pm on November 3rd.
  • Contact your county election commission office for more information.

  If you need to change any information on your voter registration, you may do so by re-registering at this link by October 5th.

MORE INFORMATION FOR TENNESSEE VOTERS

• Positions on the Ballot: 2020 General Election

  U.S. PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT
  Asterisk (*) denotes incumbents.
  ▹ Donald Trump & Mike Pence (Republican)* vs. Joe Biden & Kamala Harris (Democrat)

  U.S. SENATE – 1 SEAT

  U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  All positions in the 9 congressional districts of Tennessee are on the ballot. Find your congressional district on the U.S. House of Representatives website.
  

  TENNESSEE SENATE
  Of the 33 Tennessee Senate Districts, those in the even-numbered districts are on the ballot. Find your legislative district on the Tennessee General Assembly website.
  

  TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  All positions in the 99 Tennessee assembly districts are on the ballot. Find your legislative district on the Tennessee General Assembly website.

  You can find the official statewide list here.

• Affidavit & Provisional Ballot

  A provisional ballot is a regular ballot that is placed in a special envelope prior to being put in the ballot box. It is available for the voters whose identification is not verified at a polling place. A provisional ballot may be offered to those who believe they are registered to vote even though their names are not on the official voter registration list at the polling place and those who applied to vote by mail but would like to cast a vote in person.

  Every voter who casts a provisional ballot has the right to find out from their local election official if the ballot was counted and, if not, the reason why it was not counted. Visit this page to check the status of your provisional ballot.

• College Students & Voters Overseas

  Students from Tennessee living away from home while attending a college, trade school, or technical school may choose to vote in absentee ballot.

  If you are a student living temporarily outside the United States, you can register to vote and apply to vote by mail using the Federal Post Card Application (Absentee Ballot) that is used by all other Tennessee voters who are living abroad.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN TENNESSEE?

  You must be a United States citizen and 18 years old on or before the date of the general election. You must be a resident of Tennessee. If you have been convicted of a felony, your eligibility to register and vote depends upon the crime you were convicted of and the date of your conviction. If your conviction made you ineligible, you may regain your eligibility if your conviction has been expunged or if you have had your voting rights restored, unless you were convicted of a crime that rendered you permanently ineligible to vote.

• How often do I need to register to vote?

  You are required to register to vote only once. However, if information like your name or address changes, you need to fill out the voter registration form again to keep your voter information up to date. Check your voter registration information at this link.

• Which party should I be affiliated with?

  KAGC does not endorse any party or candidate; as such KAGC does not guide anyone to vote for, or be affiliated with, any specific party. In most parts of the United States, the Republican Party and Democratic Party are two major political parties. Throughout U.S. history, 19 presidents have been Republican (including Presidents Lincoln, Reagan, Bush, and Trump) and 14 have been Democrats (including Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Kennedy, Clinton, and Obama) You may find more information on their respective websites.

• Am I limited to vote for the party I'm affiliated with?

  In Tennessee, voters may vote for any candidate of their choice for each position on the ballot in both the primary and general elections. Note that in the primary elections, unaffiliated voters must either publicly declare their ballot choice or their ballot selection may be regarded as a form of registration with the corresponding party.

• What is this year's election about?

  On top of the ballot across the U.S. this year will be the candidates for U.S. President. In Tennessee, there are also candidates for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee State Senate, Tennessee State House of Representatives, as well as several local positions. For more information, please see the section above on this page.

• What is my district? Who is running in my district?

  To find your congressional district, visit the U.S. House of Representatives website and enter your zip code in the search bar on the top right-hand corner of the main page. For information on your Tennessee legislative district, please visit the Tennessee General Assembly website.

• Must I vote for each position on the ballot?

  Voters are not required to vote for every single position listed on the ballot. You may skip any position you do not support any candidate for, and you may also write-in a candidate of your choice not listed on the ballot. In the general election, voters may also vote for any candidate of preference regardless of party affiliations.

• What happens if I move?

  Every time there is a change in your address, whether in-state or out of state, you must update the information by filling out a voter registration form. Government agencies often mail election-related information to your address on file, which sometimes requires a prompt response. When a response is missing for a certain period of time, your voter registration may be considered inactive and is subject to elimination.

• I registered to vote a long time ago. What should I do now?

  Please visit this website to check your voter registration status, as well as the information on your voter registration. If your status is inactive, your information does not appear, or any of your information is inaccurate, please fill out the voter registration form and submit it by the deadline.

• Does voting lead to a mandatory jury duty?

  No. Voter registration and jury duty have no correlation with each other. Jury duty selection is made based on a different database than the voter roll.