Posted on 07/16/2014 1:34:16 PM PDT by cotton1706
In a primary election that is traditionally a low-turnout affair, Tennesseans will go to the polls on Thursday, August 7th for State Primaries and county elections. In fact, Tennesseans have been having some kind of an election on the first Thursday in August since 1797 (Constitution of 1796, Article 1 Section 5). In the early days of Tennessee Statehood, the August election was the one where all State elected officials were finally chosen, and owing to the mode of transportation of those days, and the fact that votes were to be normally cast in the county seat, elections lasted for two days, the ballots were cast in paper and ink or pencil, and the counting for any Statewide polls could take days or even weeks. Candidates standing for legislative seats often had to wait many days as the results came in for geographically larger constituencies, many of which were even more rural than they are in our own day.
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Apparently, the Thursday voting thing in Tennessee is normal and traditional.
I don’t understand why Lamar believes he’s still even worthy of consideration. He’s a do-nothing GOPe. Tennessee can do better.
I’m glad the Tennessee GOP primary is so late. We are in the process of moving there and will be able to vote. Three us us are registered to vote and will choose Carr over Lamar
TN is a “open primary” state. Just sayin’.....
“TN is a “open primary” state. Just sayin’.....”
Aren’t they all, unfortunately!
We vote for Carr. Will NEVER vote for Lamar.
We’re all Mississippians now!
Thursday voting may be traditional in TN, but I wouldn’t call it “normal”.
What do you think of it, DJ?
It is what it is. I never gave much thought to it.
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