Dates and times have been announced for early voting for the Nov.4 Tennessee General Election and the Smithville Municipal Liquor Referendums. The polls will open for early voting on the first floor of the courthouse on Oct. 15, and will continue through Oct. 30.

Two referendums concerning the sale of alcohol in the city of Smithville will be on the ballot. One referendum will ask voters to choose "To permit retail package stores to sell alcoholic beverages in Smithville" or "not to permit retail package stores to sell alcoholic beverages in Smithville".

The other will ask Smithville voters to cast ballots "for legal sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises in Smithville" or "against legal sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises in Smithville."

Smithville residents rejected an on premises consumption referendum 402-333 in June 2012, and rejected retail liquor stores in the city limits in November 2012. Tennessee code requires that a full two years must pass before another liquor referendum can be held, and the mandated period will end just in time for the November election.

Meanwhile, voters statewide will cast ballots for governor, U.S. senators, U.S. congressmen, state representatives and state senators, and will be offered choices on four state constitutional amendments.