City Council weighs partisan primaries ballot question or move to court for runoffs
Memphis City Council members Dr. Jeff Warren (left) and JB Smiley Jr., (right) attend a committee session earlier this year. Smiley worried that, in the upcoming election, a city council seat could garner more votes that the elected mayor. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Memphis City Council has seven more meetings to take a final vote on a ballot question to allow partisan primaries in city elections. Some argue it would be better to go to court and get a runoff provision reinstated for all city offices.
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