ELECTION COMMISSION – Greene County

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Am I eligible to vote absentee by-mail?

You can vote absentee by-mail if you fall under one of the following categories:

You will be outside the county where you are registered during the early voting period and all day on Election Day.

You or your spouse are a full-time student in an accredited college or university outside the county where you are registered.

You are on the permanent absentee list.

You reside in a nursing home, assisted living facility or home for the aged outside your county of residence.

You will be unable to vote in-person due to jury duty.

You are sixty (60) years of age or older.

You have a physical disability and an inaccessible polling place.

You are a candidate for office in the election.

You serve as an Election Day official or as a member or employee of the election commission.

You are hospitalized, ill or physically disabled and unable to appear at your polling place to vote (this includes persons who have underlying medical or health conditions which in their determination render them more susceptible to contracting COVID-19 or at greater risk should they contract it). For a list of underlying health conditions that makes a person more susceptible, see https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html. A physician’s statement is not required to check this box.

You are the caretaker of a person who is hospitalized, ill, or disabled (this includes caretakers for persons who have underlying medical or health conditions which in their determination render them more susceptible to contracting COVID-19 or at greater risk should they contract it). For a list of underlying health conditions that makes a person more susceptible, see https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html. A physician’s statement is not required to check this box.

You are observing a religious holiday that prevents you from voting in person during the early voting period and on Election Day.

You or your spouse possess a valid commercial drivers license (CDL) or Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card and you will be working outside the state or county of registration during the open hours of early voting and Election Day and have no specific out-of-county or out-of-state address to which mail may be sent or received during such time.

You are a member of the military or are an overseas citizen.

Is additional information required to vote absentee by-mail if I am a first-time voter who registered to vote by-mail?

Unless you are on the permanent absentee voting register, enrolled in the Safe at Home program, or you have previously voted in the county of registration, you must appear in-person to vote in the first election after you have registered by-mail or online at GoVoteTN.gov.

The Greene County Election Commission Office has moved. We are now located in the former Consumer Credit Union building behind Tractor Supply. The address is 311 CCU Blvd., Suite # 1, in Greeneville.

The Greene County Election Commissions’ purpose as designated by Tennessee Code Annotated (2-1-102) is to: