Election Commission News and Notes as City of Knoxville Primary Election Early Voting Approaches

Election Commission News and Notes as City of Knoxville Primary Election Early Voting Approaches

Knoxville – As of Wednesday, July 30, 2025, there are 82,848 active registered voters in the city of Knoxville that are eligible to vote in the 2025 City of Knoxville Primary Election. A breakdown of the number of active registered voters in each Knoxville City Council district is as follows:

1st District –        12,012

2nd District –      20,053

3rd District –       17,579

4th District –       19,601

6th District –       13,603

TOTAL:                  82,848

NOTE: There are a total of 97,274 active registered voters in the City of Knoxville, but 14,426 reside in the 5th City Council District, and cannot vote in the 2025 City of Knoxville Primary Election.

EARLY VOTING

Early voting begins Wednesday, August 6th at 12 p.m. at six (6) locations across the city of Knoxville.

The locations are:

  • DOWNTOWN                City County Building, Small Assembly Room (400 Main Street)
  • WEST                                Downtown West (1645 Downtown West Blvd., Unit 40)
  • EAST                                 Eternal Life Harvest Center at Five Points (2410 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.)
  • NORTHWEST                Knoxville Expo Center (5441 Clinton Highway)
  • SOUTH                            Meridian Baptist Church (6513 Chapman Highway)
  • NORTHEAST                 New Harvest Park (4775 New Harvest Lane)

Hours are generally 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. There are a handful of exceptions to the standard hours, and all details can be viewed at www.knoxvotes.org.

The first day (Wednesday, August 6), and all Wednesdays, all locations will open at 12 noon. On those days, all locations except Meridian Baptist in south Knoxville will be open until 7 pm (Meridian will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays).

BALLOT

The 2025 City of Knoxville Primary Election will consist of five (5) races. Every voter’s ballot will feature one (1) race.

The two candidates in each race that receive the most total votes will move on to the City of Knoxville’s General Election on November 4, 2025.

NOTE: There are no questions on the 2025 City of Knoxville Primary Election ballot.

A sample ballot with all five (5) races can be previewed on the home page of www.knoxvotes.org

For more information on elections, visit the Election Commission at www.knoxvotes.org  or call 865-215-2480.

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