Election Day!

Today, May 3, is election day in Hamilton County.

Polls in East Ridge open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Unlike the last election when all registered voters in East Ridge voted at Camp Jordan Arena, this year the election commission reverted to the traditional polling place in town. Your voting precinct is noted on your voter registration card.

East Ridge A is located at the American Legion at 3329 Ringgold Rd. East Ridge B and C is located at the Community Center at 1515 Tombras Avenue. East Ridge D is at the East Ridge United Methodist Church at 1601 Prater Rd.

To cast a ballot, Hamilton County voters need to bring a valid photo identification to the precinct. A Tennessee drivers license, Tennessee state government or federal government ID is acceptable. A student ID is not acceptable.

For a Republican sample ballot click here.

For a Democrat sample ballot click here.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.