There are 252 article(s) tagged Shelby County Election Commission:

• January 2019

  • Early voter turnout in state Sen. Dist. 32 dominated by Tipton Republicans

    Republican voters in Tipton County make up most of the first week early voting turnout in the special primary elections for state Senate District 32.

    By Bill Dries January 14, 2019

  • Path to new voting machines gets longer with special elections

    There are still issues that must be addressed before instant-runoff voting can be implemented for city elections in October, even with voters overwhleming supporting the process in November.

    By Bill Dries January 04, 2019

• December 2018

  • 2018 elections offer surprises, confirmations and plenty of litigation

    There were more than votes to count in the 2018 local elections. There were voters, early voting locations and lawsuits – six of them – against the Shelby County Election Commission.

    By Bill Dries December 28, 2018

  • Coleman running as Democratic candidate for District 32 Senate race

    Bartlett resident Eric Coleman, retired from the U.S. Navy, emerged this week as the only Democratic candidate for the open 32nd District Senate seat vacated by Mark Norris.

    By Sam Stockard December 15, 2018

  • Pleasant led Election Commission through changes, challenges

    In three decades on the Shelby County Election Commission, 24 of them as chairman, O.C. Pleasant oversaw changes from lever voting machines to electronic machines to touch-screen machines and dodged an attempt to introduce punch-card voting in local elections.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2018

  • Some public officials are trying explain away the recent referendum results

     “Confirmation bias” refers to the tendency to only credit information which reinforces your own view.

    By Steve Mulroy December 12, 2018

• November 2018

  • Election Commission certifies November election results, concerns remain

    Shelby County election commissioners put the last election of 2018 to rest Monday evening, but not questions and concerns about the conduct of the Nov. 6 elections.

    By Bill Dries November 27, 2018

  • Election Commission sorts provisional ballots on way to certifying Nov. 6 election

    Just under 1,000 provisional ballots cast on Nov. 6 but not counted until almost three weeks later will be the center of attention on Monday, Nov. 26, as the Shelby County Election Commission certifies the results of the last election of 2018 in Shelby County.

    By Bill Dries November 26, 2018

  • Provisional Counting Board begins ‘time-consuming’ ballot counting

    The Provisional Counting Board, which meets once following every election, began counting provisional ballots Monday, Nov. 19.

    By Patrick Lantrip November 19, 2018

  • Numbers, trends from Election Day Nov. 6

    The day after the last election of 2018 in Shelby County was down time for politicos in the thick of statewide and district campaigns that in some cases began two years ago. And contemplation about why some efforts fell short and others didn’t. And some efforts that were still in limbo.

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2018

  • Majority of Shelby County voters turn out for the vote

    For the first time in 24 years a majority of Shelby County voters showed up for an election other than the presidential general election.

    By Bill Dries November 07, 2018

  • Past the Election: Issues remain after the last election of 2018

    The last election of 2018 will decide winners and losers in numerous local, state and federal offices and three city referendums.

    By Bill Dries November 04, 2018

  • Ballot Basics: Early voting turnout

    A total of 188,668 Shelby Countians cast early ballots during the early voting period that ended Nov. 1. The largest turnout day was the last – 20,332 – the only day that topped 20,000.

    By Bill Dries November 03, 2018

• October 2018

  • Appeals court stays most of ruling on voter registration forms

    The Tennessee Court of Appeals stayed Wednesday, Oct. 31, the effect of most of a ruling last week by Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins governing how the Shelby County Election Commission handles a backlog of voter registration forms.

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2018

  • Federal court dismisses challenge aimed at voting machines

    An effort to have the federal Department of Homeland Security conduct a cyber-security threat assessment of Shelby County’s touchscreen voting machines and a have a special master review the county’s voting system has been denied in Memphis Federal Court.

    By Bill Dries October 27, 2018

  • Voter registration court case details linger

    The day after Chancery Court ordered the Shelby County Election Commission to continue verifying incomplete voter registration applications so eligible people can vote by Election Day Nov. 6, NAACP leaders said they were prepared to begin contacting those prospective voters.

    By Bill Dries October 26, 2018

  • TN ACLU questions Shelby County voter purges

    The Tennessee chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union wants a review of voters purged from the Shelby County election rolls and possible restoration of any voters who may have been purged since May 2017 solely for missing several elections.

    By Bill Dries October 26, 2018

  • Voter registration controversy goes to court Thursday

    The third lawsuit filed this month over elections in Shelby County goes before Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins Thursday morning in Chancery Court.

    By Bill Dries October 25, 2018

  • Cohen: I urge Memphians to vote against the charter amendments

    Throughout my career in politics, I have always worked to amplify the voice of the voters that I have been fortunate enough to represent. In that spirit, I urge everyone to vote against the creatively worded charter amendments on the ballot in the Nov. 6 election.

    By Steve Cohen October 25, 2018

  • Ballot Basics: Early voting

    Early voting in advance of the Nov. 6 election day continues through Nov. 1 at 27 locations across Shelby County. You can find those locations and hours at www.shelbyvote.com, the website of the Shelby County Election Commission, along with a sample ballot. Here are some other basics about early voting in Shelby County.

    By Bill Dries October 23, 2018

  • Glitches, suspicion overshadow heavy start of early voting

    When the first day of early voting in advance of the Nov. 6 election day had ended Wednesday, Shelby County election commissioner Norma Lester offered her verdict on how it went with a brief Facebook post. “Don’t know any other way to say it except the first day of Early Voting was absolute HELL!” she wrote. “Hoping for a better Second day.”

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2018

  • Early voting issues resolved, voting machines up and running

    Four early voting sites lost connectivity with electronic polling books Wednesday morning, the Shelby County Election Commission confirmed, but all of those issues have since been resolved.

    By Omer Yusuf October 18, 2018

  • Shelby County Election Commission sifts through incomplete voter forms

    The Shelby County Election Commission won’t finish entering a flood of approximately 24,000 voter registration applications onto voter rolls by the time early voting starts Wednesday, Oct. 17.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2018

  • Shelby elections administrator promises Cohen she’ll process new voter registrations

    Shelby County’s elections administrator is guaranteeing her office will process some 33,000 new voter-registration applications before early voting starts Wednesday, after being queried by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen.

    By Sam Stockard October 15, 2018

  • Figures mark county’s voting population on eve of registration deadline

    Shelby County registered 5,768 new voters from December 2017 to May 2018, according to the most current Shelby County Election Commission numbers.

    By Bill Dries October 09, 2018