Cunningham, Tennessee Public Records

Registration must be completed 30 days before any election date. Applicants must be United States citizens, Tennessee residents, at least 18 years old by election day, and not convicted of certain felonies unless voting rights have been restored. A valid Tennessee driver's license or ID number is required for online registration. As an unincorporated community, Cunningham holds no separate municipal elections for mayor or city council. Residents instead participate in Montgomery County, Tennessee state, and federal elections. County voters elect the County Mayor (serving as county executive), County Commissioners representing various districts, County Clerk, Register of Deeds, Circuit Court Clerk, Chancery Court Clerk, Criminal Court Clerk, County Trustee, Sheriff, Assessor of Property, and other constitutional officers. These county offices typically appear on the ballot during Tennessee's August county general election cycle, with the next county general elections scheduled for August 2026. Voters can determine their assigned polling location using the polling place lookup tool at web.go-vote-tn.elections.tn.gov or by contacting the Montgomery County Election Commission directly. Tennessee law requires voters to cast ballots at their assigned precinct based on residential address. Tennessee's public records law extends to election records, making voter registration lists, campaign finance reports, candidate qualifying petitions, and precinct-level results publicly accessible. The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance at www.tn.gov/tref provides searchable campaign finance disclosure reports for state and local candidates and political action committees. The Montgomery County Election Commission posts county election results following certification, with precinct-level detail available. Looking ahead to November 3, 2026, voters here will decide several significant races. Tennessee will not have a U.S. Senate seat on the ballot in 2026, as both current senators are elected in different cycle years. However, all nine U.S. House seats will be contested; Cunningham is located in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District. The gubernatorial race won't appear in 2026 because the Governor Voters will elect all 99 members of the Tennessee House of Representatives and approximately half of the 33-member State Senate, whose members Local voters will participate in electing their state representative and state senator representing their legislative districts. The August 2026 primary elections will determine party nominees, with the November general election deciding the winners. All Montgomery County constitutional officers and county commission seats will also appear on the 2026 ballot as these are four-year terms. Tennessee provides absentee voting by mail for voters meeting specific criteria under Tennessee Code Annotated § 2-6-201, including: voters 60 years of age or older, voters who will be outside the county during all early voting days and Election Day, hospitalized or ill voters, caretakers of hospitalized or ill persons, full-time students outside the county, county election commission members and staff, military and overseas voters, and persons with physical disabilities. Applications for absentee ballots must be submitted in writing to the Montgomery County Election Commission, with a deadline of seven days before the election. Tennessee also offers early voting at designated locations, typically beginning 20 days before an election and ending five days before Election Day. Early voting sites for the county are announced before each election and typically include locations in Clarksville accessible to residents throughout the area.