{"id":4582,"date":"2012-10-30T15:01:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T19:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/lines\/?p=4582"},"modified":"2013-09-25T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T19:45:36","slug":"election-info-free-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2012\/10\/30\/election-info-free-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Info and Free Stuff!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/09\/special-collections-2012-election.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4584 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px 7px\" title=\"2012 Election\" alt=\"2012 Election\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/lines\/files\/2012\/10\/chewie.png\" width=\"259\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Election Day is sneaking up on us like that creepy dude with a butcher knife behind you (j\/k).\u00a0 Are you ready?\u00a0 If you are a resident of Hamilton County and registered to vote, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/elect.hamiltontn.gov\/default.aspx\">Hamilton County Election Commission&#8217;s website<\/a> for all of your need-to-know questions including where to vote on the big day, where and how to early vote, and what materials you need to bring with you for identification.<\/p>\n<p>If you <strong>don&#8217;t<\/strong> live in Hamilton County, you will probably have to go home (where you are registered) to vote.\u00a0 In order to vote absentee, you must request a ballot no later than 7 days before the election (tick tock, tick tock).\u00a0 Information on absentee voting in the state of Tennessee is available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tn.gov\/sos\/election\/bymail.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Secretary of State&#8217;s website<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>Note: You must already be registered in order to vote.\u00a0 You cannot register between now &amp; the election on Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In honor of Election Day, your friendly university library is providing a little levity to accompany the political process.\u00a0 Visit our reference desk for some <strong>FREE<\/strong>, hot-off-the-press buttons touting our top fictional picks for the big seat in 2012.\u00a0 Get &#8217;em while they last!\u00a0 While you&#8217;re here, take a gander at our Special Collections exhibit <em>Campaign and Presidential Memorabilia, <\/em>or visit the virtual component of the exhibit in our <a href=\"http:\/\/cdm16053.contentdm.oclc.org\/cdm\/landingpage\/collection\/p16053coll4\" target=\"_blank\">digital collections<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Election Day is sneaking up on us like that creepy dude with a butcher knife behind you (j\/k).\u00a0 Are you ready?\u00a0 If you are a resident of Hamilton County and registered to vote, check out the Hamilton County Election Commission&#8217;s website for all of your need-to-know questions including where to vote on the big day,&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2012\/10\/30\/election-info-free-stuff\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":414,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4922],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-special-collections","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Election Info and Free Stuff! 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