Update: That nasty weather is moving into downtown Nashville. (voting won’t be effected). And another tornado warning in Memphis. Take cover, folks.
Due to severe weather.
The Arkansas and Tennessee secretaries of state were forced to close some polling places earlier than expected Tuesday after several destructive tornadoes tracked through both states.
Tennessee State Elections Director Brook Thompson told CNN that “a couple of precincts” were closed early after “local authorities told us to relocate our workers” to safety. Polling places in McNairy, Tipton, Fayette and Dyer counties were closed around 6:30 p.m. CT (7:30 p.m. ET), Thompson said.
[...] Crone Speaks, CNN reported that Tornados closed pollng places in Tennessee and Arkansas: Tennessee State [...]
[...] night, some western Tennessee and some Arkansas polling places had to be closed early, as I had mentioned, due to the severe weather conditions. After a day in the 70’s a cold front moved in causing [...]