KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Early voting starts Wednesday in East Tennessee, with Knox County adding two new locations for people to cast their ballots.
The new locations in Knox County are West Knox Senior Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd. in Farragut, and Clear Springs Baptist Church, 7350 Tazewell Pike in Corryton.
Knox County is offering 11 early voting spots. You can go to any of them if you're a registered voter. Bring identification when you go.
Early voting will continue through Feb. 27. In addition to normal business days, some stations will be open Saturdays. None will be open Sunday during the early voting period.
Election Day itself -- if you want to wait that long -- is Tuesday, March 5. If you wait until then to vote, you'll have to go to your regular precinct center.
In Knox County, some voters will face a hefty, paper ballot.
Republican voters will have to choose from dozens of delegates for their choice for U.S. president. The Democratic ballot is smaller.
Also, multiple Knox County Commission and Board of Education seats are up for a primary.
Knox Countians also will have a chance to vote in the county primary for property assessor and law director. Knox County Criminal Court Judge Hector Sanchez also is up for a vote.
Tennessee is among more than a dozen states taking part in the Super Tuesday presidential primary.
In August, county voters will face a general election for county offices and a primary for state and federal offices including congressional and legislative races.
The presidential election and congressional and state races will be in November.
Here's a list of all the early voting locations open starting Wednesday.
*Clear Springs Baptist Church, 7350 Tazewell Pike, Corryton
*West Knox Senior Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd., Farragut
*Downtown West, 1645 Downtown West Blvd (the most popular spot)
*Eternal Life Harvest Center at Five Points, 2410 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
*Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway
*Meridian Baptist Church, 6513 Chapman Highway
*New Harvest Park, 4775 New Harvest Lane
*Karns Senior Center, 8042 Oak Ridge Highway
*Halls Recreation Center, 6933 Recreation Lane
*Carter Senior Center, 9036 Asheville Highway
*City County Building, Small Assembly Room, 400 Main St.
Hours generally will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
Some places will have differing hours. You can see more about that here.
Knox County has about 298,000 registered voters. By the time voting commences on March 5, the election commission expected the county will surpass 300,000 registered voters.
