Ballot Basics: What you need to know for 2024 early voting
If 2024 early voter turnout nears what it’s been for the past four presidential elections in Shelby County, the local ballot will be decided within the next two and a half weeks.
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November 2024
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Elections Early voting opens in Shelby County with lines
Early voting continues through Oct. 31. Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett was at one of the early voting sites as the doors opened to lines of voters at several locations locally.
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Elections Top of the ballot: Johnson, Blackburn and the 8th and 9th Congressional Districts
Here are the federal races at the top of Shelby County’s ballot, including a presidential field that has more candidates than just the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.
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Elections Early voting opening day totals lower
The opening day total is less than opening day four years ago in the same presidential general election cycle. Early voting continues through Oct. 31. Election Day is Nov. 5.
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Elections Some early voters complain to officials about touch-screen problems
Elected officials started getting complaints from voters who said the choices they made on the touch screen voting machines changed.
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Elections Some candidates are already winners; others fly under the radar
Out of 48 races on the Shelby County Nov. 5 ballot, 21 winners are already determined. Here’s a look at those and the Tennessee legislature races that aren’t getting a lot of the political spotlight.
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Elections More than 41,000 cast ballots in first two days of early voting
Early voting continues through Oct. 31 with presidential general Election Day on Nov. 5.
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Some candidates are already winners; others fly under the radar
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Elections Political Roundup: Early voting is down almost 40% from 2020
Also, Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty push claims of noncitizens voting in a new call for federal officials to act despite evidence voter purges in other states are removing citizens entitled to vote.
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Elections Early vote turnout going into last weekend still lags 2020
The last weekend of early voting comes with the use of statewide campaign tours to boost candidates in district and statewide races.
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Elections Political Roundup: Early voting tops 175k, and Nordstrom-White on school vouchers
Democratic and Republican partisans met Saturday, Oct. 26, on the parking lot of the county’s most popular early voting site while Trump supporters waved banners on Poplar Avenue. Four days of early voting remain.
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Elections Early voting nears end in presidential general election
The last day to vote early in the presidential general election is Thursday, Oct. 31. Here’s a look at turnout so far and comparisons to other elections in this cycle.
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Elections Presidential campaign headquarters offer yard signs and more
Neither former President Donald Trump nor Vice President Kamala Harris has campaigned in Shelby County, but both have local headquarters that offer a peek at the mindset of voters in a non-battleground state.
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Elections Election eve reveals bipartisan fears from different perspectives
Partisans on both sides were still rallying voters to turn out on the Tuesday, Nov. 5, presidential general election day with similar appeals but with very different motivations and beliefs.
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Elections What to watch for in the presidential general election returns
Here’s what to look for in the election day returns beyond who wins and who loses, especially Shelby County’s role as the county with the largest bloc of voters for both parties.
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Elections Ballot Basics: How to vote on Election Day
Here is everything you need to know about voting Tuesday, Nov. 5, in Shelby County from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Elections No lines at voting locations across Shelby County
“It was busy at 7 a.m. I’m not hearing of lines anywhere,” Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips said at a noon update of polling locations across the county.
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Elections Ballot removal text ‘nothing more than a scam,’ says TN secretary of state
“Our office has reported it to the authorities for further investigation,” said Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett.
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Elections Voting results could be late, election chief warns
Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips says it could be a long night for the local presidential general election vote count.
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Elections D.C. Roundup voting totals: Kustoff, Cohen declare victory
Kustoff and Cohen were poised to be reelected handily to their U.S. House seats representing Tennessee’s 8th and 9th Congressional Districts.
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Elections Political Roundup: Early voting turnout, Feds at the polls, referendum fine print
Early voting had its biggest turnout (excluding absentee ballots) on Halloween — the final day of the 14-day early-voting period. It is still behind the pre-election day turnout four years ago.
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Elections All 3 city gun-referendum options pass overwhelmingly
According to early election returns, each of the three options passed with roughly the same number of for and against votes.
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Elections Blackburn, Hagerty campaign in Memphis, Germantown on Election Day
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty blitzed Second Baptist Church in East Memphis and The Great Hall in Germantown Tuesday morning, Nov. 5, just ahead of a late morning rain.
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Elections Polls are open across Shelby County
Election Day comes after a 14-day early voting period in which 257,515 voters cast ballots at 26 locations across Shelby County. Polls are open at 142 precincts across Shelby County as of 7 a.m. today.
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Behind The Headlines MLGW launching mailer campaign on lead water pipes
MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen says on “Behind The Headlines” the utility has the money to replace its lines and is working on funding to replace it on the customer’s side of the connection.
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October 2024
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City of Memphis Mayor says ‘on-demand’ ride services could make up for fewer bus routes
Memphis Mayor Paul Young talked about the overhaul of the Memphis Area Transit Authority during a Thursday, Oct. 31, “One Memphis” forum at LeMoyne-Owen College.
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