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[email protected] - USPS 118-480 One Section • 16 pages Between Lake Cumberland & Dale Hollow Lake Volume 62 • Number 27 Absentee voting underway, primary ballot will be brief Absentee ballot voting is now underway for those individuals who will be out of the county on election day, or who have medical problems that will prevent them from getting to the polls. Voters can now apply for paper absentee ballots, which will have to be returned and in the county clerk’s office by election day. The voting machine will be set up in the county clerk’s office for those who will be absent from the county on election day and wish to cast an early ballot on the machine. County Clerk Jim Elmore said the voting machine should be set up later this month. Above, Albany Volunteer Fire Department members moved to an outbuilding located to the left of a house that caught Only a few races will be on the ballot on May 22, but several fire Saturday night on the Wisdom Dock Road. The outbuilding caught fire for a brief moment, but firefighters were able to more--including non-partisan races for city council and school board seats will be on the November ballot. Candidates seeking non-parti- extinguish the flames before the small structure was completely lost. The main structure, which was vacant at the time of the san seats this fall will have until mid-August to file their candidacy.