Voter registration deadline for August election likely to pass quietly

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 07, 2020 4:00 AM CT | Published: July 07, 2020 4:00 AM CT

The deadline is the end of the business day Tuesday for those not already registered. But 83% of the county's voting age population is already on the voting rolls. Meanwhile, about 7,500 Shelby Countians already registered to vote have requested absentee ballots — far above the usual number of requests for the mail-in ballots.

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2020 Election Voter registration Earle Fisher Chris Tutor Raumesh Akbari

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.


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