Help me out here on some facts please, TennesseeGirl. My daughter’s roommate at Auburn down here in AL says she can’t vote. During the primary season she was not yet old enough. Now she has turned 18 but is living in the dorms in Auburn. Says she can’t vote in AL as she doesn’t really live here ie. permanent address. AND that Tennessee does not allow a first time voter to vote absentee and MUST vote in person.
That seems unfair. They are away at school, almost 300 miles, can’t come home on election day. I think that would affect many 18, 19, & maybe some 20 year old who would want to vote for the first time in a Presidential election. As we all know, many Americans skip the local, state and the mid-terms and mainly turn out for Presidential.
Has she be misinformed or is this the case in TN? If you know? Thanks,
My guess is she missed the opt back during semester breaks assuming she was in TN at some point. http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/forms/ss-3010.pdf
She didn’t have to be 18 to register, the requiremnt is 18 before the next election or that’s how I read it. But that’s history now.
Sorry. I have no idea. You might try the TN Dept of State (Elections). http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/