2017 Early Voting Results

Mayor

Indya Kincannon
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(865) 215-2040

400 Main St., Room 691
Knoxville, TN 37902

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Early voting has ended for the Aug. 29, 2017 City of Knoxville primary election. There’s been strong voter interest, gauging from turnout so far.

Over 14 days of early voting, 3,369 people have cast ballots. 

Another 443 absentee ballots have been cast – bringing the total vote count to 3,812.

Here’s a comparison: A total of 4,095 people voted in the 2009 primary – the last election when these same 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th City Council seats were on the ballot and there were (as now) no incumbents seeking re-election.

Since more than 50 percent of voters traditionally turn out on Election Day, participation in this year’s City election is expected to be way up from the 2009 election.

Or, looking at the numbers a different way: In the 2009 primary, 1,625 people early-voted. Twice as many people have early-voted this year.

Thursday was the final day to early vote, and 645 Knoxvillians made their ballot selections yesterday. That was the heaviest single-day turnout of this summer's two weeks of early voting.

Thirty candidates are seeking election to five City Council seats – an unprecedented large number of candidates, according to the Knox County Election Commission.

Also, here’s a breakdown of voting turnout by location, as reported by the Election Commission:

• 1645 Downtown West Blvd. – 1,208 voters
• New Harvest Park, 4775 New Harvest Lane – 678
• The Love Kitchen, 2418 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. – 615 voters
• The City County Building downtown – 518 voters
• Cecil Webb Recreation Center in South Knoxville – 350 voters

The top two vote-getters in each Council district in the Aug. 29, 2017 primary will advance to run citywide in the Nov. 7, 2017 general election.

There’s no 5th District primary race – that Council representative and the three at-large Council representatives will be elected in 2019. But 5th District voters can cast ballots in the citywide Nov. 7 election.

The City launched the Go Vote! Knoxville initiative this summer, which included well-attended public meetings in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th Council districts in July. Residents and business owners were invited to meet the candidates and talk issues at these meetings. A sixth public meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, at Christenberry Community Center, 931 Ogle Ave.

For more details about the election or to peruse a sample ballot, visit http://knoxcounty.org/election/.

To find links to the candidates’ websites and social media accounts on a webpage managed by the City of Knoxville’s Communications Department, visit www.govoteknoxville.com.

If you're not an early voter, be sure to head to the polls on Aug. 29, 2017 and Nov. 7, 2017!