NEXT ELECTION
Crockett County Election Commission
235 E. Church Street
Alamo, TN 38001
731-696-5965 / FAX 731-696-4977
crockettvote@crockettnet.com
www.crockettvote.com
ELECTION NOTICE
MAY 5, 2026
COUNTY PRIMARY
POLLS OPEN AT 8 A.M. CLOSE AT 7 P.M.
EARLY VOTING BEGINS APRIL 15 - APRIL 30, 2026
HOURS:
MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM
WEDNESDAY 9:00 AM- 6:00 PM
SATURDAY 9:00 AM- 12:00 NOON
VOTING ABSENTEE BY-MAIL
COUNTY PRIMARY
MAY 5, 2026
Crockett County voters who wish to request a ballot that will enable them to vote by mail must request the ballot in writing. Prepared forms may be picked up at the Election Office or the required information may be on a sheet of paper. The request can be mailed or faxed to the Crockett County Election Commission, 235 E. Church St, Alamo, Tennessee 38001. The fax number is (731) 696-4977.
The request must include the reason for request, voter’s Social Security number, voter’s date of birth, address of the voter’s residence, date and name of the election requesting to vote, address where ballot is to be mailed, and signature of the voter.
The request may serve as an application if the voter has included the required information. The last day a written request for absentee ballot application may be received by the Crockett County Election Commission is April 25, 2026. In order to qualify for an absentee by-mail ballot, voters must have either registered in person or, when applying to vote by-mail, voters must have voted at least one time after registering.
Reasons for voting absentee by-mail:
1. PERSONS OUTSIDE OF COUNTY DURING EARLY VOTING & ELECTION DAY
2. STUDENTS AND SPOUSES OUTSIDE OF COUNTY
3. PERMANENT ABSENTEE VOTING REGISTER OR RESIDENTS OF CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS
4. JURORS
5. PERSONS OVER 60 – PERSONS HOSPITALIZED, ILL OR DISABLED
6. CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE
7. ELECTION OFFICIALS – ELECTION COMMISSION MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES
8. OBSERVANCE OF A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY
9. PERSONS POSSESSING A VALID COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE (OR SPOUSE OF A PERSON POSSESSING A CDL) OR HAVE A TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL (TWIC) AND WILL BE OUT OF COUNTY EARLY VOTING & ELECTION DAY (MUST INCLUDE COPY OF CDL OR SPOUSE’S CDL OR TWIC CARD)
Federal or Tennessee state government issued photo ID is now required to vote, unless an exception applies. College student IDs will not be accepted. To learn more about the new law and its exceptions, please call the Crockett County Election Commission, 731-696-5465, or visit GoVoteTN.com. Elderly voters or voters with a disability assigned to vote in precincts wherein the polling place is not accessible may vote at the election commission office on Election Day. Such voter shall send in a written notice to the election commission office stating that such voter’s assigned voting location, to the best of the voter’s knowledge, does not comply with the provisions of the Public Law 98-435 of the 98th Congress. The written notice must be received by the county election commission not less than ten (10) days prior to the first election in which the voter plans to vote at the election commission office. Written notice must be received by April 25, 2026. As an alternative, an elderly or disabled voter assigned to vote in a precinct where the polling place is accessible MAY VOTE during EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
Crockett County Election Commission
Chairman: Chad Hutchison
Secretary: Dina Fewell
Administrator of Elections: Mia Diamond, Bailey Hutchison, Robin Gadsden-Dupree, Laney Tucker
** Reminder: A State of Tennessee or Federal issued ID is required to vote during Early Voting and on Election Day.
** The Absentee Counting Board will meet in the Election Office at 3:30 p.m. on Election Day.
