Eligible Cumberland County voters can now start requesting ballots to vote absentee by-mail for the August 6, 2020 State and Federal Primary and County General Election.

Tennessee state law provides numerous ways to vote absentee by-mail. One of the most popular reasons to vote absentee is being 60 years or older. Other reasons allowed under state law to vote by-mail include:

• The voter will be outside the county where they vote during the early voting period and all day on Election Day.
• The voter or the voter’s spouse is enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited college or university outside the county of registration.
• The voter will be unable to vote in person due to service as a juror.
• The voter is hospitalized, ill or physically disabled and because of such condition, cannot vote in person.
• The voter is a caretaker of a person who is hospitalized, ill or disabled.
• The voter will be working as a poll official.
• The voter is a member of the military and out of the county where they vote.

For a list of all statutory reasons to vote absentee by-mail go to GoVoteTN.com

For voters who meet a reason under Tennessee law to vote absentee by-mail, the next step is to submit a request to the Cumberland County Election Commission by mail, fax or email. A request form can be found at: www.cumberlandcountytn.gov/directory/election-commission/

Requests for the August 6, 2020 Election must be received by the Cumberland County election commission no later than July 30, 2020.

For more information contact the Cumberland County Election Commission.

Cumberland County Election Commission

2 South Main Street, Suite 105

Crossville, TN 38555

Phone: 931-484-4919

Fax: 931-456-9409

[email protected]