Black Voter Project, NAACP ask court to intervene in alleged Shelby County Election Commission violations

By Sam Stockard, Daily Memphian Published: October 24, 2018 6:51 AM CT

The Tennessee Black Voter Project and NAACP Memphis branch are seeking a Chancery Court order directing the Shelby County Election Commission to resolve problems with thousands of voter registrations after the groups’ representatives say they witnessed violations of state law at the county’s voting operations center.

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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.

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Black Voter Project, NAACP ask court to intervene in alleged Shelby County Election Commission violations

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