Election 2014
Election 2014 Results Roundup
Gov. Bill Haslam took his re-election easily, amassing 70 percent of the vote in both the state and in Rutherford County. His Democratic opponent, the largely unknown Charles V. “Charlie” Brown, got 23 percent of votes around the state and 21.34 percent in the county. Of the five candidates running as independents or under minor …
Amendment 1 Voting By the Precinct
Despite precincts in the city center voting down the abortion regulation measure, Amendment 1 passed in Rutherford County. [iframe src=”https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?q=select+col2%3E%3E1+from+1oDRkMcguM8AWSN-KJK4YuUTC_QSsl6_5mquRCWUw&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=35.85996391832701&lng=-86.4210205&t=1&z=10&l=col2%3E%3E1&y=2&tmplt=2&hml=KML” width=”50%” height=”580″]
See How Your Precinct Voted on the Wine Referendum
Rutherford County Voters overwhelmingly chose to support legislation that will bring wine to area grocery stores. [iframe src=”https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?q=select+col2%3E%3E1+from+1RmVY-GmrjwytgNk9fduosgIRtDDAEnUoUeY2hlQo&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=35.85996391832701&lng=-86.4210205&t=1&z=10&l=col2%3E%3E1&y=2&tmplt=2&hml=KML” width=”50%” height=”580″]
Tennessee Voters Approve Amendment 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee voters OK constitutional amendment enshrining merit selection for appellate judges. The constitution has said that Supreme Court justices “shall be elected by the qualified voters of the state.” But since 1994, they have been appointed by the governor. Voters then decide whether to keep or replace them in uncontested retention …
Voters Approve Constitutional Income Tax Ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Voters have approved a change to the Tennessee Constitution that would prohibit lawmakers from imposing a state income tax. The last serious attempt to impose a state income tax failed in 2002 amid raucous Capitol protests that included a brick thrown through the window of the governor’s office. The public backlash …
Amendment 4 Approved by Tennessee Voters
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Voters approve constitutional amendment allowing charitable gaming fundraisers for veteran groups . A 2002 constitutional amendment that created a state lottery for college scholarships dictated which groups could hold raffles and cakewalks. Nonprofit groups categorized as 501(c)(3)s under the U.S. tax code were in. But veterans’ groups, which are 501(c)(19)s, were …