‘The most important issue facing the city is crime’
Voter Jody Becker said most candidates focused on more police but she didn’t think that would help and the city needed “much stricter gun laws.”
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Paul Young votes at First Evangelical Church
Young said he voted for himself. “It was a tough decision,” he said with a smile.
Memphis Election Day coverage begins
The Daily Memphian’s live blog coverage of election day in Memphis will take you through the morning and afternoon rushes, the downtime between them, the vote totals to the very end and the thoughts of the winners and losers.
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