A busy election year with two elections left and several candidates already qualified for Crossville city races

It is a busy year for the Cumberland County Election Commission with one election finished, but two more still to come.

The Milo Lemmert Courthouse Annex (right)

houses the Cumberland Election Commission

office where citizens can register to vote and

pick up nominating petitions.

Elections on August First will include County Officers, County Commission members as well as Federal and State primary races while the November 6 ballot includes State and Federal general elections as well as municipal races including Mayor and council members for Crossville.

Three men have already qualified for Crossville city races including incumbent Mayor James Mayberry seeking reelection and two candidates for council seats, Art Gernt and Rob Harrison. Harrison ran for council two years ago. Current council members whose terms are expiring are Danny Wyatt and Pamala Harris.

Crossville Mayor James Mayberry

Council Candidate Art Gernt

Council Candidate Rob Harrison

One question that remains to be answered is how many seats will there be on the city council. A charter change has been through two of three required approvals including approval by the Tennessee General Assembly to increase the council size from 5 to 7 but it still must pass by a super-majority of the council, 4 out of 5 members. When first approved by the council only three favorable votes were cast. The matter may come up on the June council agenda. If it is approved soon enough it could affect the November ballot by electing 4 members to the council with the candidate in the number 4 position serving for two years to balance out the staggered terms.

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The deadline to qualify for either Crossville Mayor or a council seat is August 16 at noon.

The same deadline applies to Pleasant Hill and Crab Orchard municipal races. In Pleasant Hill, Elizabeth K. Patrick has taken out papers to run for Mayor and Peggy Happy has taken papers to run for city council.

The deadline to register to vote and be eligible for the August First election is July 3 and early voting for the that election runs from July 13 to 28. You can also register to vote online at this link. https://sos.tn.gov/products/elections/online-voter-registration