Business is picking up for the coming election year as the start of early voting for the May primaries is just a week away.

Early voting for the May 5 primaries will begin on Wednesday, April 15, and will run until Thursday, April 30.

The early voting locations for Coffee County residents are the C.D. Stamps Community Center at 810 South Jackson St. in Tullahoma and the Coffee County Administrative Plaza at 1329 Mc-Arthur St., Suite 6, in Manchester. The hours for early voting for C.D. Stamps Community Center will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The hours for early voting for Coffee County Administrative Plaza will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

The ballot for the May 5 primaries will determine the Republican and