There are 91 article(s) tagged Linda Phillips:

• June 2022

  • Heated County Commission debate results in new voting system for November

    The commission voted to fund a new voting system with both touch-screen machines with a paper trail as well as hand-marked paper ballots. 

    By Bill Dries, Julia Baker June 09, 2022

• May 2022

  • Luttrell calls for an end to ‘insular’ county primaries

    Former county mayor Mark Luttrell’s comments come as Memphis City Council members are weighing two referendum ordinances proposed for the August ballot for city voters.

    By Bill Dries May 21, 2022

  • Certification of May county primary vote delayed to Wednesday

    The problem that delayed the certification was combining tabulations from two different systems into a single statement of votes cast. 

    By Bill Dries May 13, 2022

  • County primaries draw turnout of 11%, set stage for August

    Election for mayor narrows to a race between the incumbent and a Memphis City Council member. 

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2022

  • Political Roundup: End of early voting, the Toney challenge, Moody’s support

    The Political Roundup has the details for last-minute early voting as well as a follow-up on Brandon Toney’s bid to get back on the August Republican primary ballot in state Senate District 31.

    By Bill Dries May 03, 2022

• April 2022

  • MATA providing free rides on last day of early voting

    All MATA services will be free to ride on Thursday, April 28.

    By Bill Dries April 21, 2022

  • Lawsuit challenges limited opening of early voting sites before Easter

    The Memphis Branch NAACP, along with two other organizations, has filed a lawsuit against the Shelby County Election Commission.

    By Bill Dries April 02, 2022

• March 2022

  • Coalition says limiting first days of early voting to one site is unfair

    The Election Commission’s decision not to open early-voting sites at churches during the Easter weekend is renewing charges of voter suppression.

    By Bill Dries March 09, 2022

• January 2022

  • Goodbye Morning Sun, hello new precincts

    County election commission does its first extensive precinct realignment in two decades.

    By Bill Dries January 28, 2022

  • New Shelby County voting machines unlikely this year

    The first of the year’s elections is the May county primaries, with early voting starting in mid-April.

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2022

• October 2020

  • Inside the election process: how and where absentee, early voting ballots are counted

    Election officials put trust in people’s respect for meticulous process.

    By David Waters October 31, 2020

  • For out-of-town college students, act of voting is its own statement

    Absentee voting provides an extra layer of challenge for young voters just trying to be a part of the electoral process.

    By Don Wade October 26, 2020

  • Absentee votes will complicate election night returns

    Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the unofficial vote count may be tallied by midnight Nov. 3. But counting absentee ballots is a complex process.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2020

  • Election Commission clears backlog of absentee ballot requests

    The commission is now processing absentee applications as they come in. The deadline to request the mail-in ballots is Oct. 27.

    By Bill Dries October 13, 2020

• August 2020

  • Certified vote totals show signs of frustration with mail delays

    The voter turnout totals certified Monday by the Shelby County Election Commission show a larger than normal number of provisional ballots. 

    By Bill Dries August 25, 2020

  • Absentee ballot anxiety weighed and sorted in election aftermath

    The Shelby County Election Commission got requests for nearly 20,000 absentee ballots and about 17,000 of the mail-in ballots were cast in Thursday's election. Some voters anxious about waiting for the ballots to come instead voted in person on election day or during early voting. And some ballots were disqualified because of specific state laws.

    By Bill Dries August 08, 2020

• July 2020

  • New voting system to wait until after November presidential election

    On "Behind The Headlines," Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips says some upgraded digital scanners that are part of the new system will be used in the August vote count and again in November. She expects the November presidential general election Shelby County to be a record-setter in terms of turnout.

    By Bill Dries July 31, 2020

  • Early voting through five days tops 22,000

    The turnout totals from the Shelby County Election Commission also show the first indications of a massive absentee voter turnout as election officials expect to catch up to a backlog of absentee applications by Friday.

    By Bill Dries July 23, 2020

  • Absentee ballot count stands at about 11,000, Phillips says

    So far, the return by voters of the unusually high number of the mail-in ballots hasn't shown up in the early voting turnout figures. Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips told county commissioners Wednesday, July 22, that some absentee voters may not complete their ballots because they are expecting to see the presidential general election that is on the November ballot.

    By Bill Dries July 22, 2020

  • About 8,000 of 15,000 requested absentee ballots mailed so far

    The deadline to request an absentee ballot is July 30, so more ballot requests are on the way. Meanwhile, a total of 12,314 Shelby County voters have cast their ballots -- absentee and through in-person early voting -- in the first three days of the period that runs through Aug. 1. Election day is Aug. 6. 

    By Bill Dries July 21, 2020

  • Official: Coronavirus safety measures will be in place for early voting

    Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips reminded voters that Friday is the first day of early voting and that safety measures will be in place.

    By Abigail Warren July 16, 2020

• May 2020

  • Harris signs letter of intent for new $4 million voting system

    The details of the winning proposal for the new voting machines were made public Thursday with the signature of Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris. Still to come is approval of funding by the Shelby County Commission.

    By Bill Dries May 21, 2020

  • Council joins call to lift absentee ballot restrictions

    The call for an executive order by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is the latest, including three lawsuits pending in Nashville. Lee has said he will not issue an executive order dropping state law's present restrictions on the mail-in ballots.

    By Bill Dries May 19, 2020

  • Election Commission approves new voting system

    Shelby County election commissioners approved a new voting system for Shelby County Thursday night, May 7, that will include machines with a paper audit trail.

    By Bill Dries May 08, 2020

• March 2020

  • Election Commission to hold special meeting Wednesday on new voting machines

    Shelby County Election Commissioners will meet electronically Wednesday, April 1, to discuss a new voting system for county elections.

    By Bill Dries March 27, 2020