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January 01, 2008
Register to vote by Monday, January 7
Another important date coming up very soon is the deadline to have your voter registration complete in order to participate in the February 5 election. You must be registered by Monday, January 7, 2008.
Go ahead and take care of it now. Here's a handy link (PDF). After you turn this in, you will then be registered for the August primaries, and the November general election, and the March 2009 Chattanooga elections — you get the idea — unless you move or something.
February 5 is a very important election day, for up to three reasons, depending on where you live:
1) Presidential Preference ~ the Democratic and Republican primaries; plus, for Republicans, the election of delegates to the national convention. (Democratic delegates are not popularly elected.)
2) Hamilton County Assessor of Property ~ I once thought this was going to be held in 2009, but a recent newspaper article placed it on this date. I think it's safe to say that not very many people ever know when this official gets elected. For some reason, this office is not included with the other county offices. It's very strange. And it's very safe for the incumbent.
3) Chattanooga City Council, District 6 ~ former Council member Marti Rutherford resigned due to residency concerns, and interim member Mike Feely has been ably filling in; but now it's time to elect a replacement for the remainder of the term (the next citywide elections will be held in March 2009). There are six candidates.
Elections | By joe lance | 11:17 AM
Comments
I'm registered already & will be voting in the primary on Feb 5 (for BHO, unless I'm persuaded otherwise in the meantime).
Question is this: Any tips on what to look at for the Property Assessor post?
Posted by: smijer at January 6, 2008 11:21 AM