Tammy Smith

Administrator of Elections, Wilson County Election Commission, Tennessee

Tammy Smith has been an election official since 2005. She has served as a county election commissioner and a county Administrator of Elections.

She served as an Election Commissioner in Macon County, TN from 2005 until 2008. In 2009, she was appointed as Macon County Administrator of Elections. Her first election was three days after her appointment. In 2011, she moved with her family to Wilson County, TN for her children’s schooling. She accepted the job of Assistant Administrator of Elections in Wilson County. With her as Assistant AOE, Wilson County has two Tennessee State Certified Administrators working together in the office.

Smith has served on several Tennessee Association of County Election Officials committees. She earned the designation of Certified Public Administrator from the University of Tennessee County Technical Assistance Service Institute for Public Service in 2013. In 2020, she received her Certified Elections & Registration Administration (CERA) designation from The Election Center and Auburn University. She was elected by her peers to the inaugural executive committee of the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) where she is serving her second term. Smith serves on a taskforce for the Bipartisan Policy Center for elections. She was recently appointed to the EAC Local Leadership Council and was elected to serve on the inaugural executive committee where she is also serving on the steering committee.

Smith has been instrumental in implementing many innovative programs and procedures in Wilson County that have improved the voting experience. Electronic poll books, a voting system with a paper component, vote centers, interactive poll official training as well as online training and many community outreach programs are just a few examples of the positive impact Smith has on the administration of elections and the voters of Wilson County.

Tammy graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.A. in Marketing & Business.