Noah James, a Republican, and Carmen Johnson, a Democrat, stood side by side in the road Wednesday afternoon, waving to voters as they turned into the Hamilton County Election Commission for the first day of early voting.
James, a veteran and active member of the Hamilton County Pachyderm Club, parked his van in front of a sign supporting Democrat Kamala Harris for president.
His red van had two American flags attached to the back. He leaned on his walker, which also had an American flag on it, coupled with a sign for Michele Reneau, the Republican nominee for the Tennessee House District 27 seat. James said the freedom to vote brought him out to the election commission.
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“I got here at 7:30 this morning, waving the flag,” James said in an interview. “The flag still means something to a lot of people.”