Early Voting in Rutherford County

Rutherford County voters can beat the election-day rush by casting a ballot early at any one of nine voting locations around the county between Oct. 16 and Oct. 31.

Each orange marker on the map represents an early voting location. Click a marker for the location’s operating hours.

For reference, the blue marker shows the location of Middle Tennessee State University.

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

# 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