The Smith County Elections Office has reported the number of ballots cast during early voting in Tuesday’s joint primary.

Tuesday’s primary will give voters a chance to have their say in federal, state and county-level primary races.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday across the county, but thousands already cast their ballot during two weeks of early voting.

Of the more than 156,500 registered voters in Smith County, 18,924, or about 12%, cast a ballot from Feb. 20 to Friday, according to the Smith County Elections Office. That number includes 18,010 in-person votes and 914 mail-in ballots.

Comparing those numbers to past elections, Smith County saw 19,056 early votes in the 2020 primary election, and 18,611 early votes in the 2022 primary election, according to Smith County Elections Office.

Where to vote

Smith County voters can cast ballots at any of the county’s 38 voting locations. Because of the construction of the new Smith County parking garage the main voting location of The Hub, at 304 E. Ferguson, has very limited parking. The county urges voters to choose one of the other locations to cast their ballots if voting in Tyler. The following locations will be open:

• Arp First Baptist Church: 304 W. Front St., Arp

• Bell Elementary: 1409 E. Hankerson St., Tyler

• Bethel Bible Church: 17121 Hwy 69 South, Tyler,

• Bullard Southern Baptist Church: 716 N. Houston St., Bullard

• Cameron J Jarvis Library: 102 S. Georgia St., Troup

• Central Baptist Church: 1343 E Grande Blvd, Tyler

• Chapel Hill Fire Department: 13801 CR 220, Tyler

• Clarkston Elementary: 2915 Williamsburg Drive, Tyler

• Crossbrand Cowboy Church: 11915 FM 2015, Tyler

• Dover Baptist Church: 21166 FM 1995, Tyler

• Family of Faith Christian Church: 3299 US 271, Tyler

• First Baptist Gresham: 16844 CR 165, Tyler

• First Christian Church: Christian Life Center: 4202 S Broadway Ave, Tyler

• Flint Baptist Church: 11131 FM 2868 W, Flint

• Glass Recreation Center: 501 W. 32nd St., Tyler

• Heritage Building: 1900 Bellwood Road, Tyler

• Hideaway Members Services Building: 101 Hide-A-Way Lane, Hideaway

• Hill Creek Baptist Church: 14749 Hwy 110 South, Whitehouse

• Jones-Boshears Elementary: 3450 Chandler Hwy, Tyler

• Lanes Chapel Methodist Church: Family Center: 8720 Old Jacksonville Hwy, Tyler

• Lindale Kinzie Community Center: 912 Mt. Sylvan St., Lindale

• Lindale Masonic Lodge: 200 W. Margaret St., Lindale

• The Hub: 304 E. Ferguson St., Tyler

• Mt. Carmel Baptist Church: 10519 FM 344 E., Whitehouse

• New Harmony Baptist Church: 10251 FM 724, Tyler

• Noonday Community Center: 16662 CR 196, Tyler

• North Tenneha Church of Christ: 1701 N. Tenneha Ave., Tyler

• Old Tyler Airport: 150 Airport Drive, Tyler

• Red Springs Fire Department: 16759 FM 14, Tyler

• Shiloh Road Church of Christ: 1801 Shiloh Road, Tyler

• St. Louis Baptist Church: 4000 Frankston Hwy., Tyler

• St. Violet Baptist Church: 14129 FM 2767, Tyler

• Starrville Church of the Living God: 18396 Hwy 271, Winona

• Swan Wood Springs Methodist Church: 12005 US Hwy 69 North, Tyler

• Three Lakes Middle: 2445 Three Lakes Pkwy., Tyler

• Tyler Senior Center: 1915 Garden Valley Road, Tyler

• Winona Community Center: 520 Dallas St., Winona

• Whitehouse Methodist Church: 405 W. Main St., Whitehouse

Not sure which polling location is closest to where you live or work? Smith County has launched a new interactive map that shows all polling locations available. Users can input their address to see which voting precinct they are in and what will be on their ballot. The “Interactive Map of Smith County” link can be found on the current election information page at www.smith-county.com/government/departments/elections. The link for sample ballots is also available there. Publication sample ballots were published in the Weekend e-Edition of the Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Need more information?

For more information on today’s election, visit www.smith-county.com/government/departments/elections. Also visit tylerpaper.com/elections for stories about each local race.