NASHVILLE — If you’re from Southeast Tennessee and want to get a state-issued photo ID to vote next year, today could be a good day to get it done relatively quickly in Hamilton and Bradley counties.
Beginning this morning, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security will open 19 of its driver service centers across the state and issue the IDs free of charge to people who need one to vote.
Driver service centers will be open on the first Saturday of the month in 15 counties through March 2012.
The department also will convert nonphoto driver licenses into photo driver licenses for voters at no charge. But no other services, such as driver tests or reinstatements of licenses, will be available.
The two centers in Hamilton County are in Red Bank at 4873 Dayton Blvd. and at 6502 Bonny Oaks Drive. The Bradley County center is in Cleveland at 301 James Asbury Drive NW.