Early voting opened on Oct. 16 in across Tennessee. Any registered voter in Rutherford County can vote early until Oct. 31 at any of the nine locations.

Each orange dot marks an early voting location. Operating hours and the exact location address can be seen by clicking the orange dot.

For reference for students and faculty, the blue dot indicates Middle Tennessee State University.

For more information, see the Early Voting page on Rutherford County’s website.

# Required packages

if (!require("tidyverse"))
  install.packages("tidyverse")
if (!require("sf"))
  install.packages("sf")
if (!require("mapview"))
  install.packages("mapview")
if (!require("leaflet"))
  install.packages("leaflet")
if (!require("leaflet.extras2"))
  install.packages("leaflet.extras2")

library(tidyverse)
library(sf)
library(mapview)
library(leaflet)
library(leaflet.extras2)
library(leafpop)

mapviewOptions(basemaps.color.shuffle = FALSE)

# Load the address and lat/long data

Addresses_gc <- read_csv(
  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drkblake/Data/refs/heads/main/EarlyVotingLocations_gc.csv"
)

# Add MTSU

long <- -86.361861
lat <- 35.848997

Addresses_gc <- Addresses_gc %>% 
  add_row(Location = "MTSU",
          long = long,
          lat = lat) %>% 
  mutate(Point = case_when(Location == "MTSU" ~ "MTSU",
                           TRUE ~ "Early vote here"))

MapData <- st_as_sf(Addresses_gc,
                    coords = c("long", "lat"),
                    crs = 4326)

# Make the map

MyMap <- mapview(MapData,
                 zcol = "Point",
                 layer.name = "Point",
                 col.regions = c("orange", "blue"),
                 map.types = c("OpenStreetMap","Esri.WorldImagery"),
                 popup = popupTable(
                   MapData,
                   feature.id = FALSE,
                   row.numbers = FALSE,
                   zcol = c("Location",
                            "Address",
                            "Week",
                            "Weekend")))
# Show the map

MyMap