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Chattanooga City Council to add early voting sites in inner city

Dozens stand in line at the Hamilton County Election Commission off Amnicola Highway on the last day of early voting in November.
Dozens stand in line at the Hamilton County Election Commission off Amnicola Highway on the last day of early voting in November. Dozens stand in line at the Hamilton County Election Commission off Amnicola Highway on the last day of early voting in November.

By Steve Johnson 2 min read

Miller Park update

Council members also agreed last Tuesday evening that the city should accept a $500,000 donation from the Lyndhurst Foundation to help renovate Miller Park downtown.The Lyndhurst Foundation donation was accepted with no discussion, other than a remark from Councilman Chris Anderson calling it “most generous.”The city plans to remove the current water feature at Miller Park and bring it to ground level as part of a $10 million public and private project to renovate the area. Work is expected to begin this summer.

The Chattanooga City Council wants at least two more early voting sites added in time for the March city election.

While all of the council members agreed on the need to make it easier for Chattanooga residents to vote, there was debate over how much money to spend and whether it could be done in time for the upcoming municipal voting.

In a letter to his fellow members delivered at the council’s 1:30 strategic planning meeting last Tuesday, Councilman Chris Anderson had proposed six more sites be added.

City attorney Wade Hinton reported at the 6 p.m. meeting that the Election Commission could add two more sites at a cost of $15,000 each. But adding the six sites proposed by Anderson would require them to buy additional laptop computers and other equipment at a cost of $30,000, he said.