Election Day arrives amid ballot problems, new districts
Voters leave the early voting location at New Bethel Baptist Church Apr. 17, 2026. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Polls across Shelby County are open Thursday, Aug. 6, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. deciding who wins a full slate of county offices and who advances to the Nov. 3 ballot in state and federal primaries.
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2026 elections Shelby County Election Commission. Memphis Branch NAACP Willie Simon Mark Billingsley Kermit Moore 2026 Congressional primaries Steve Cohen London Lamar Justin J. Pearson Brent Taylor Donald TrumpBill Dries on demand
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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