Election Day: Voters urged to cast their ballot in the 2024 Primary

Jay Powell, Columbia Daily Herald
Updated ·2 min read
Tennessee “I Voted” stickers rests on display for voters at the Longview Recreation Center in Spring Hill, Tenn., on Thursday, April 8, 2021.
Tennessee “I Voted” stickers rests on display for voters at the Longview Recreation Center in Spring Hill, Tenn., on Thursday, April 8, 2021.

Election Day for the 2024 March 5 Presidential Preference Primary and County Primary Election is upon us, with voters having one last chance to cast their ballots.

The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at each districts respective polling station. Anyone unsure of where to vote can simply look at the address printed on their voter registration card or by contacting the Maury County Election Commission at www.MauryCounty-TN.gov or by calling (931) 375-6001.

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The election commission will not have voting available at its main facility on Tuesday.

Voters must cast their votes via paper ballot, which was approved by the Election Commission in 2022 to make the voting process as secure as possible. Voters will be directed to fill out a paper ballot before entering it into a tabulator machine, where it will be counted and processed.

The process is not much different from a typical voting machine, just filled out on paper and fed through a separate counting device.

This year's primary includes elections for U.S. President, as well as even seats on the Maury County School Board and Circuit Court Judge for District 22. School board District 2 and 10, as well as Property Assessor did not have Republican or Democratic candidates to pull a petition to run, but the seats will be open to Independent candidates in the Aug. 1 county general election.

The qualifying deadline for Independents to run in the Aug. 1 election is April 4.

According to the Maury County Election Office, no independent candidates have pulled a petition to run for school board, District 2, District 10 or Property Assessor.

Voters also are encouraged to download the Tennessee Secretary of State’s “Go Vote TN” app for theirsmart phones, which lists polling locations and information. Please see govotetn.com for details.

Visit the Maury County Election website for more information, https://www.maurycounty-tn.gov/227/Election-Commission.

Candidates listed in the March 5, 2024 Presidential Preference Primary and County Primary elections include:

Candidates for Republican Party

U.S. President

  • Ryan Binkley

  • Chris Christie

  • Ron DeSantis

  • Nikki Haley

  • Asa Hutchinson

  • Vivek Ramaswamy

  • David Stuckenberg

  • Donald J. Trump

Circuit Court Judge District 22

  • Julie C. Heffington

Assessor of Property

No qualified candidate

Superintendent of Roads

  • Ken McKee

School Board District 2

No qualified candidate

School Board District 4

  • Darryl Martin

School Board District 6

  • Sue Stephenson

School Board District 8

  • Brendan Babcock

School Board District 10

No qualified candidate

Constable District 7

  • Patrick Ryan

Constable District 11

  • Aaron Easton

Candidates for Democratic Primary

U.S. President

  • Joseph R. Biden

School Board District 8

  • Gregory Hanners

Jay Powell is a general reporter for The Daily Herald. Get up-to-date news in your inbox by subscribing to The Daily Herald newsletter at www.ColumbiaDailyHerald.com.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Herald: Election Day: Maury voters urged to cast ballot in Tuesday Primary