Technical glitch leads to hand vote-count
Due to a technical glitch that impaired the computers that typically tabulate election results, members of the Maury County Election Commission, including Jason Whatley and Maury County Election Administrator Todd Baxter, were forced to count the ballots by hand using addition machines and calculators and triple checking, Whatey said.
Once the results were tabulated by hand, the final calculations were handwritten on a large white sheet of paper and posted on the back wall of the board room at Spring Hill City Hall on Thursday.
The results showed that voter turnout in Spring Hill could exceed 8%, a goal of retiring mayor Rick Graham, who tried to raise the turnout through a pie-in-the-face challenge to the community.
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The early voting period for the election wrapped on Saturday, April 3, bringing in just over 1,500 votes, nearly the number of total votes from the previous Spring Hill election in 2019.
Registered voters still have the opportunity to cast their ballot on Thursday in their assigned voter precincts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The voting locations are listed below.
Spring Hill: Winchester Community Center at 563 Maury Hill Street (city voters from the Maury precincts Rally Hill and Spring Hill Middle School will also vote at the Community Center)
Neapolis: Spring Hill High School at One Raider Lane
Northfield: Northfield Training Center at 5000 Northfield Lane, #400
Spring Hill Election Day: Citizens to elect new mayor, aldermen
The Daily Herald
Election Day in Spring Hill officially kicks off April 8 with voters heading to the polls to cast their ballots for a new mayor and four aldermen.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. this year, featuring five locations.
Poll Locations:
Spring Hill High School, 1 Raider Lane, Columbia
Northfield Training Center, 5000 Northfield Lane, Spring Hill
Longview Recreation Center, 2909 Commonwealth Drive, Spring Hill
Heritage Elementary School, 4801 Columbia Pike, Thompson s Station
Voters are required to vote at the designated precinct in which they live.
Voters will be able to select an aldermen from each ward.
The Battle of Franklin Trust is a 501(c)(3) organization that manages two historic Civil War Battle of Franklin sites, Carter House and Carnton, in Franklin.
Interim city administrator Pam Caskie said BOFT was the only applicant to submit a contract proposal, and that a new management contract would likely go up for a vote in May. If approved, the contract would go into effect May 24.
The city owns the historic property. For me, it s important that we get the contract right, that we recognize all the things that need to be in this contract when you have a contract operator from another jurisdiction, Caskie said. It is our intent for the Battle of Franklin Trust to begin their management contract on May 24, which is the day after the last wedding that we have to oversee. This letter of intent sets forward what would happen with the contract.
Spring Hill Ward 3 candidates face-off on managing growth, land zoning
Jay Powell
With the Spring Hill City Election just a few days away, Ward 3 is the only opposed alderman race, drawing three candidates.
Incumbent Kevin Gavigan faces challengers business leader Brent Murray and entrepreneur Angela Privett, both newcomers to Spring Hill.
Each candidate has a vision of managing growth, tackling road improvements and leading the city into a prosperous four years. All express concerns about insufficient infrastructure, limited water/sewer capacity, a lack of green space and the need to retain a new city administrator.
Candidates shared their thoughts about how they would address these pertinent issues and others facing Spring Hill.