There are 260 article(s) tagged Shelby County Election Commission:

• October 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

• September 2018

  • Early-voting sites, hours set

    All of Shelby County’s 27 early-voting sites will open on Oct. 17, the first day of the early-voting period before the Nov. 6 election. Early voting runs through Nov. 1.

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2018

  • Four potential new voting systems for Shelby County get road test

    Three of the four voting systems certified by the state of Tennessee for use in elections would enable voters to get a printed copy of their choices and then complete the voting process by running that printed copy through a scanner.

    By Bill Dries September 23, 2018