EARLY VOTING SITES, DATES AND TIMES
STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS
TOWN OF SMYRNA REFERENDUM
NOVEMBER 7, 2006

EARLY VOTING SITES

TOWN OF SMYRNA FIRE DEPARTMENT & ADMINISTRATION BLDG.
145 S. LOWRY ST.
SMYRNA

MURFREESBORO SPORTSCOM
2310 MEMORIAL BLVD.
MURFREESBORO

RUTHERFORD COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION OPERATIONS CENTER
426 E. VINE STREET
MURFREESBORO

RUTHERFORD COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION OFFICE
(ELDERLY AND DISABLED ONLY)
#1 PUBLIC SQUARE, ROOM 103
MURFREESBORO

EARLY VOTING SCHEDULE OCTOBER 18-NOV. 2, 2006 OCTOBER 18-20 12:00 (NOON) UNTIL 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY OCTOBER 21 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 4:30 P.M. OCTOBER 23 - 27 12:00 NOON UNTIL 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY OCTOBER 28 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 4:30 P.M. 0CT0BER 30, 31, NOV. 1, 2 12:00 NOON UNTIL 8:00 P.M.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS, ABSENTEE VOTING AND INACCESSIBLE POLLING PLACES FOR ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED VOTERS AND EMERGENCY VOTING

ABSENTEE BALLOTS: The last day eligible voters may request an absentee ballot is Tuesday October 31, 2006. Requests for Absentee Ballots must be in writing and signed by the voter. Voters may vote Absentee for the following reasons:

1. If for any reason other than imprisonment, the voter will be outside Rutherford County where the voter is registered during the early voting period and on Election Day.
2. If the person is a caretaker of a hospitalized, ill or disabled person.
3. If the voter is an election official, member or employee of the Election Commission on Election Day.
4. If the voter is observing a religious holiday.
5. A voter who possesses a valid commercial driver license and who certifies that the voter will be working outside Rutherford County where the voter is registered during early voting period and Election Day; and has no specific out-of-state location to which mail may be received during such time.
6. Students and spouses of students temporarily residing out of Rutherford County.
7. Voters requesting an absentee ballot may send a written request for an absentee ballot to the Rutherford County Election Commission with the following information by October 31, 2006.

       · Name of Registered Voter
       · The Address of the Voter’s Residence
       · The Voter’s Social Security Number
       · The Address to mail the ballot outside of the County
       · The election the voter wishes to participate in
       · The reason the voter wishes to vote absentee
       · Request for absentee ballot must include the voters signature

Voters who are unable to go to the polls or to the Election Commission Office on Election Day because of sickness, hospitalization, or physical disability may send a written request for an absentee ballot along with a physician statement to the Election Commission Office by not later than November 2, 2006.

**Persons 65 years of age or older may either vote early by personal appearance or send a written request for an absentee ballot to be mailed to their home. Eligible voters desiring to vote absentee must submit their request no later than October 31, 2006.

**Absentee ballot requests by eligible military personnel and/or their spouses must be received by November 2, 2006 at the Rutherford County Election Commission Office for processing.

ACCESSIBILITY TO THE DISABLED: ELDERLY (65 years or older) OR DISABLED VOTERS who might require the use of a wheelchair, walker, cane, crutches, or might require the use of a leg or back brace may vote at the Rutherford County Election Commission Office if they possess a physician’s statement stating that in such physician’s medical judgment, the voter is physically disabled in such a manner that renders such voter unable to go to such voter’s polling place and vote. The affidavit must be received by the Rutherford County Election Commission at least ten (10) days before the first election in which the elderly or handicapped voter plans to vote at the election commission office on election day.

EMERGENCY VOTING: Eligible voters hospitalized within Rutherford County not more than twenty (20) days before the election, and no later than the opening of the polls on election day may call the Rutherford County Election Commission at 615-898-7743 for voting assistance. Election Day requests for emergency voting must be received before 7:00 a.m. Additionally, eligible voters who experience a death of a relative which would result in the absence from the state or county on election day and can demonstrate reasonable proof to the Administrator of Elections, or deputy, shall be eligible to vote absentee by personal appearance at the election commission office, not more than five (5) days, nor later than the day prior to the election. The same eligibility would apply if a voter receives a subpoena or service of process requiring a voter’s presence on Election Day.

NOTE: All appointments of poll watchers shall be in writing and signed by the candidate or organizations authorized to make the appointments. Names of Poll Watchers shall be submitted to the Rutherford County Election Commission no later than 12:00 (NOON) of the second day before the election. Persons appearing at the polling place claiming to be poll watchers during the early voting period and on Election Day without proper authorization as listed above will not be allowed in the polling place. Authorized Poll Watchers must abide by procedures as established in TCA 2-7-104.

If you have questions regarding the above procedures or about the election process in general, please call the Rutherford County Election Commission Office at 615-898-7743 or for the hearing impaired 615-898-7937. Election information is available on the World Wide Web at www.rutherfordcounty.org/election or by e-mail at Send Mail