Tennessee just crossed one million. Through 12 days of early voting, ending Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1,018,521 Tennesseans had cast early or absentee ballots, according to the Tennessee Secretary of State’s daily early-voting file.
That is 330,520 more voters, or 48 percent, than the 688,001 who had voted at the same point in the 2022 governor’s race, and it already tops the 882,310 early and absentee votes cast in all of 2022’s early voting, with two days still to go. Ninety-four of the state’s 95 counties are running ahead of their 2022 pace. On Tuesday alone, 105,016 Tennesseans voted, compared with 78,285 on the same voting day in 2022.
West Tennessee’s Fayette County keeps pace with the leaders. Through Oct. 27, the state estimates 24.50 percent of Fayette’s registered voters had already voted, fourth-highest in Tennessee behind Loudon County at 30.93 percent, Williamson County at 29.56 percent and Wilson County at 25.11 percent. Davidson County is fifth at 24.45 percent.
Fayette has recorded 8,165 early and absentee votes through Oct. 27, up 61.2 percent from 5,065 at the same point in 2022, and already past the 6,117 Fayette early votes in all of 2022. Fayette voters cast 645 ballots on Tuesday alone.
Statewide, Shelby County leads in total early and absentee votes with 141,359 through Oct. 27, followed by Davidson with 118,053 and Knox with 81,065.
There is still time. Early voting runs through Thursday, Oct. 29, and Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Fayette County voters can vote early at the Election Commission office, 45 Dogwood Lane in Somerville. Bring a valid photo ID, and find your county’s early voting sites and hours at GoVoteTN.gov.
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State daily early-voting file and comparison report through 12 voting days, as compiled by Tennessee Firefly (updated Oct. 28, 10:42 a.m. CDT). Figures include in-person early, absentee by-mail and nursing home voters.
