Voter alliance begins work for 2022 elections
Poll worker Bruce Smedley (middle) helps to verifies voters on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 at the Lester Community Center. With that election in the rear-view mirror, the Shelby County Voter Alliance planning for 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
A new Shelby County Election Commission report shows nearly 15,000 more voters on the rolls counytwide in the last two months leading up to the Nov. 3 Election Day. Meanwhile, the Shelby County Voter Alliance says its effort got 2,500 of those voters on the rolls. The alliance of 18 organizations has now set its sights on the 2022 countywide ballot.
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