Guest Column: Your vote, your voice
State and Federal Primary & County General Elections occur Aug. 1, 2024. General Election and Municipal Elections are held Nov. 5, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Peter W. Maher
Peter W. Maher is a member of the League of Women Voters of Memphis-Shelby County, a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government.
“We each can complain to our elected officials and advocate in the coming years, but wouldn’t it be better if we all started with an informed choice and voted in our community’s elections?”
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