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The League of Women Voters

of Blount County

Maryville, Tennessee

LWVBC BYLAWS.pdf

Read our opinion paper on expanding access to mail-in voting.

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Read instructions on ABSENTEE VOTING.

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Read/Listen to this NPR segment about VOTING!

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/25/883233469/constitutional-scholars-book-explains-why-exercise-the-right-to-vote

NEXT LWVBC MEETING

6:30 pm August 19, 2020

Venue TBA

absentee flyer TN final.pdf

REQUEST MAIL-IN BALLOTS FOR AUGUST ELECTION: New Guidelines!
If you are concerned about voting in person, below are the allowed reasons in TN for obtaining an absentee ballot. You MUST REQUEST the Ballot in advance, and they are available now. Click this link for more information or to download the request form:

https://www.blounttn.org/447/Election-Commission

You will be outside the county where you are registered during the early voting period and all day on Election Day.
You or your spouse are a full-time student in an accredited college or university outside the county where you are registered.
You are on the permanent absentee list (see question 4 below).
You reside in a nursing home, assisted living facility or home for the aged outside your county of residence.
You will be unable to vote in-person due to jury duty.
You are sixty (60) years of age or older.
You have a physical disability and an inaccessible polling place.
You are hospitalized, ill, or physically disabled and because of such condition, cannot vote in person.
You are the caretaker of a person who is hospitalized, ill, or disabled.
You have determined it is impossible or unreasonable to vote in-person at a polling place due to the COVID-19 situation, and therefore qualify as hospitalized, ill, or disabled and unable to appear at your polling place.
You are a candidate for office in the election.
You serve as an Election Day official or as a member or employee of the election commission.
You are observing a religious holiday that prevents you from voting in person during the early voting period and on Election Day.
You or your spouse possess a valid commercial drivers license (CDL) or Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card and you will be working outside the state or county of registration during the open hours of early voting and Election Day and have no specific out-of-county or out-of-state address to which mail may be sent or received during such time.
You are a member of the military or is an overseas citizen.