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There are three types of elections: general elections, primary elections, and special elections.

In general elections, you vote for federal, state, and local officials.

• Elected federal officials are U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives to Congress.

• Elected state officials are Governor, Lieutenant Governor, General Assembly, Attorney General, Auditor General, and State Treasurer.

• Elected local officials are county and city officials, judges and magisterial district judges.

In odd-numbered years, such as 2025, general elections for electing local officials are also called municipal elections because there are no federal or state officials being elected. Every four years, the General Election is also a Presidential Election.

The General Election is held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. This year, General Election (Presidential Election) will take place on November 5th, 2024.

In primary elections, a party selects a candidate for a General Election, and you vote for a candidate who will be nominated to be on a ballot.

Using the Davidson County Election Day Polling Place Finder.

http://maps.nashville.gov/pollingplacefinder/

This website helps voters find their assigned Election Day polling location with just their address.

On Election day all you need is to bring a valid Driver’s license, passport, or government-issued ID.

Any of the following IDs may be used, even if expired:

• Tennessee driver's license with your photo

• United States Passport

• Photo ID issued by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security

• Photo ID issued by the federal or Tennessee state government

• United States Military photo ID

• Tennessee handgun carry permit with your photo

  *First-time voters who register by mail or using Online Voter Registration, if the ID is expired, the voter must also present one of the following :

  • a copy of a current utility bill,

  • bank statement,

  • government check,

  • paycheck, or

  • other government document that shows the voter’s name and address.

    The following IDs' are NOT acceptable:

    • College student IDs

    • Photo IDs not issued by the federal or Tennessee state government are NOT acceptable. This includes county or city-issued photo IDs, such as library cards, and photo IDs issued by other states.

you can Absentee by-mail if you fall under one of the following categories:

1. 1. You are sixty (60) years of age or older.

   2. You will be outside the county where you are registered during the early voting period and all day on Election Day.

   3. You are hospitalized, ill or physically disabled and unable to appear at your polling place to vote. A physician’s statement is not required to check this box.

   4. You are the caretaker of a person who is hospitalized, ill, or disabled. A physician’s statement is not required to check this box.

   5. You or your spouse are a full-time student in an accredited college or university outside the county where you are registered.

   6. You reside in a nursing home, assisted living facility or home for the aged outside your county of residence.

   7. You are a candidate for office in the election.

   8. You are observing a religious holiday that prevents you from voting in person during the early voting period and on Election Day.

   9. You serve as an Election Day official or as a member or employee of the election commission.

   10. You will be unable to vote in-person due to jury duty.

   11. You have a physical disability and an inaccessible polling place.

   12. You or your spouse possess a valid commercial drivers license (CDL) or Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card and you will be working outside the state or county of registration during the open hours of early voting and Election Day and have no specific out-of-county or out-of-state address to which mail may be sent or received during such time.

   13. You are a member of the military or are an overseas citizen.

   14. You are on the permanent absentee list.

To vote early, a person must appear in person at a satellite voting location opened by the county election commission.  The early voting period typically begins twenty (20) days before an election and ends five (5) days before an election.  The exception is for the Presidential Preference Primary, when early voting ends seven (7) days before the election. Although closed from voting on holidays, a person may vote early on any Saturday that falls during this time frame. 

The easiest way for voters to view and mark sample ballots is to see their elected officials, districts and county election commission information as well as access online election results is through the GoVoteTN app.