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Contact:

67 S. East Street, PO Box 298
Decaturville, TN 38329
Phone: 731-852-2911
Fax: 731-852-2059

Contact us.

Office Hours:
Monday through Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Administrator: Teresa Bedingfield
Deputy Administrator: Carla Butler

Election Commission:

Chairman, Grafton Dodd
Secretary, Lisa Brasher
Commissioner, Chelsey Sparks
Commissioner, Kurt Holbert
Commissioner, Robert Lynn Brasher

The Election Commission is responsible for conducting county elections, ensuring fair elections, promoting voter registration and the electoral process, certifying election results.

 

 

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1. Am I eligible to vote absentee by-mail?

You can vote absentee by-mail if you fall under one of the following categories:

• 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 unable to appear at your polling place to vote; and/or you have determined it is impossible or unreasonable to vote in-person due to the COVID-19 situation.
• You are the caretaker of a person who is hospitalized, ill, or disabled, and/or you have determined it is impossible or unreasonable to vote in-person due to the COVID-19 situation.
• 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 are an overseas citizen. read more …

 

2. How can I request an absentee by-mail ballot?

You must submit a written request containing the information below to your local county election commission office by the seventh day before Election Day. You can use the absentee ballot request form to make sure all required information is provided.

You can submit your written request for an absentee ballot by mail, fax, or e-mail. If e-mailing your request, be sure the attached document contains the information below and your scanned signature.

 

1. Name of the registered voter
2. Address of the voter’s residence
3. Voter’s social security number
4. Voter’s date of birth
5. Address to mail the ballot
6. The election in which the voter wishes to participate. If the election involves a primary, the political party in which the voter wishes to participate.
7. Reason the voter wishes to vote absentee. If applicable, a copy of the CDL containing the CDL number or the TWIC card must be included in the voter’s request.
8. Voter’s signature

A request that contains this information will be processed and a ballot will be mailed to the voter.

NOTICE: A person who is not an employee of an election commission commits a Class E felony if such person gives an application for an absentee ballot to any person or commits a Class A misdemeanor if such person gives an unsolicited request for application for absentee ballot to any person. T.C.A. § 2-6-202(c)(3) and (4).

 

3. What if I do not provide all of the information required on the absentee by-mail ballot application?

The county election commission will return the application to you so you can make corrections and resubmit your application.

4. Do I qualify for the permanent absentee list?

You will receive an application for ballot for each election if your licensed physician signs a statement  stating that, in their judgment, you are medically unable to vote in person. The statement must be filed not less than seven (7) days before the election and signed under the penalty of perjury.

5. When can I request my ballot?

You may request an absentee by-mail ballot no earlier than ninety (90) days before the election and no later than seven (7) days before the election. To be processed for the next election, the application must be received by the election commission no later than seven (7) days before the election.

The deadline for the August 6 election is Thursday, July 30.

Requests for the November presidential election cannot be received until August 5.

6. What if I do not receive or ruin my ballot and can no longer use it?

You should notify your county election commission.

7. What is the deadline to return my ballot so it can be counted?

You must mail your ballot in time for your county election commission to receive it no later than the close of polls on Election Day.

8. Can I hand deliver my ballot to the election office?

No. You must return your ballot by mail (USPS, FedEx, UPS, etc.).

9. Is any additional information if I registered to vote by mail?

Unless you are on the permanent absentee voting register or enrolled in the Safe at Home program, you must appear in-person to vote in the first election after you have registered by mail. If you have already voted in-person since you registered, then no additional information will be required to vote by mail.

 

Polling Place Location to vote on Election Day – Polls open at 8:00 a.m. Close at 7:00 p.m:

1st District

Bath Springs Community Center
3625 Highway 114 West
Bath Springs, TN 38311

2nd District

Cornerstone Church
8520 Highway 114 West
Scotts Hill, TN 38374

3rd District

Decatur County Civic Center
190 Civic Lane
Parsons, TN 38363

4th District

Decaturville Pentecostal Church
770 Highway 100 East
Decaturville, TN 38329

5th District

Amazing Grace Ministries Church
49 Wheat Street
Parsons, TN 38363

6th District

Parsons Municipal Bldg.
535 Tennessee Avenue South
Parsons, TN 38363

7th District

Crossroads Baptist Church
2430 Tennessee Ave. N.
Parsons, TN 38363

8th District

Parsons Municipal Bldg.
535 Tennessee Avenue South
Parsons, TN 38363

9th District

Bear Creek Baptist Church
60 Bear Creek Road
Parsons, TN 38363

 

Early Voting is at the Election Office at 67 S. East Street, Decaturville, TN 38329.

Qualifications to Register to Vote:

– Citizen of the United States
– Eighteen (18) years old, or will be on or before the date of the next election
– Resident of the State of Tennessee
– Has not been convicted of a felony or declared mentally incompetent by a court of law

Learn more at http://sos.tn.gov/elections