Tennessee Breaks Voter Turnout and Participation Records

A record-breaking 3,045,401 Tennesseans, or over 68 percent of active and inactive registered voters, cast ballots in-person during early voting and on Election Day or absentee by-mail in the Nov. 3 presidential election. Voter turnout and participation handily beat the previous record set during the 2008 presidential election when 2,618,238 cast their ballots. A comprehensive report of in-person and absentee by-mail turnout during early voting by county with comparisons to 2016 and 2012 is available on GoVoteTN.com.