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Voters wait in line at Central Magnet School at 7:05 a.m. on Nov. 5, 2024, for Election Day. (Photo by Hannah Carley)

Election Day sees slow voter turnout in Rutherford County

Emma Burden and Hannah Carley November 5, 2024

Evening Entering the SportsCom voting location, Shane Reeves, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump supporters lined the street. It was immediately clear that the SportsCom had a higher turnout than...

The Tennessee Capitol Building (Hannah Ferreira)

Preparing to vote in a supermajority state: MTSU student reflects

Hannah Ferreira, Staff reporter October 20, 2024
For the past decade or so, Tennessee consistently scraped the bottom of the barrel when it came to voter registration and turnout.
Residents wait in line to vote outside Central Magnet School in Murfreesboro, Tenn. on Nov. 6, 2018. (MTSU Sidelines / Angele Latham)

Unofficial Rutherford County vote count shows 20 percent increase in turnout from previous midterms

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief November 7, 2018

Photo by Angele Latham / MTSU Sidelines  With the unofficial vote count in from Tuesday’s midterm elections, Rutherford County Election Commission data shows that 99,602 people voted in Rutherford...

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