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.
The last weekend of early voting comes with the use of statewide campaign tours to boost candidates in district and statewide races.
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.
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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If Democrats are going to dent the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee General Assembly, Districts 83 and 97 will be key.
Elected officials started getting complaints from voters who said the choices they made on the touch screen voting machines changed.
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.
Paul Childers reflected on his first term on the school board and thought about some of the challenges on the horizon.
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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.
With early voting starting, candidates for Bartlett aldermen seized the opportunity to talk about their credentials and their positions on issues.
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.
Voters could bring back mayoral runoffs, approve a residency requirement for city candidates for office and give the City Council more control over salaries.
Elections administrator Linda Phillips and the Election Commission are preparing for more voters, a longer ballot and new challenges for poll workers.
Millington Alderman Larry Dagen and Cary Vaughn, chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party, are facing off for the seat.
Two candidates for Bartlett alderman are contending they are the target of unfair attacks, while not pointing an accusatory finger at each other.
In DeSoto County, 6,089 voters have requested absentee ballots. Of those requested, 5,146 ballots have been sent to voters, returned and accepted.
Here’s how to find the three gun referendums on the Nov. 5 ballot and then translate the wordy language in which they are written.
Alderman Larry Dagen is leaning on his past experience after 12 years on the board. Cary Vaughn is promoting his relationships in the suburb and across the county.
The most popular election cycle in Shelby County politics moves into high gear Wednesday, Oct. 16, with the start of early voting ahead of the Nov. 5 Election Day.
The two U.S. Senate candidates didn’t cross paths. They each told supporters turnout is important in an election each believes has high stakes.
Collierville Board of Education Chairman Wright Cox is unopposed in the Nov. 5 election. He’s served on the school board since the district’s inception.
The Germantown Republican looks at past and future strides as he seeks another term in Congress in the November election.
Charles Green, Tom Bailey and Jeremy Smith are vying to complete Keri Blair’s unexpired Position 4 term on Collierville’s School Board.
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 5 presidential general election is Monday, Oct. 7. Meanwhile, new voter registration numbers show Shelby County has seen an uptick in voters on the rolls.
Wanda Gibbs is facing a challenge from Rachelle Maier on Collierville’s Board of Education.
The TV show is a victim of uncertainty about whether filming it on a public school campus posed a problem. There were questions regarding whether it constituted campaigning on school property.
There is an early-voting day scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 26, from 8 a.m to 12 p.m.
Vicki Gandee is facing Andy Ellis for the school board seat. It’s the only contested Germantown-specific race on the Nov. 5 ballot.