Nearly 8,000 cast ballots in first 2 days of early voting
Early voting across Shelby County in advance of the Aug. 6 election date resumes Monday, July 20, after the first two days drew nearly 8,000 voters.
Topic: 2020 Election
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July 2020
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Opinion: How is the Aug. 6 election screwy? Let me count the ways, Part 1
Local elections ought to be straightforward affairs for voters. Here are six ways our leaders always deny us this right – three today and three tomorrow.
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Boyd and Brown battle for General Sessions Court Clerk
The only countywide general election race on the Aug. 6 ballot pits a former City Council member against a former Probate Court clerk for a complex but often forgotten office. Early voting starts Friday, July 17.
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Shelby County Schools board races feature a majority of positions
A majority of the seats on the nine-member Shelby County Schools board are on the August election ballot. As voters make those choices, starting with early voting later this week, parents are making other choices around the new school year.
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August ballot includes some surprise races
Early voting in advance of the Aug. 6 election day begins Friday in Shelby County.
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Voter registration deadline for August election likely to pass quietly
The deadline is the end of the business day Tuesday for those not already registered. But 83% of the county's voting age population is already on the voting rolls. Meanwhile, about 7,500 Shelby Countians already registered to vote have requested absentee ballots — far above the usual number of requests for the mail-in ballots.
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Shelby Republicans open campaign headquarters
The Cordova headquarters opening spotlighted the only countywide race on the August ballot – the race for General Sessions Court Clerk between Democrat Joe Brown and Republican Paul Boyd.
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June 2020
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Cohen pushes for Barr impeachment, sees partisan divide in police reform calls
The city's top elected Democrat talked about Barr's coming appearance before the House next month and the police reform debate in Washington and in the streets of Memphis.
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Early voting sites are set, with one change
Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova is replaced by Briarwood Church among the 26 locations that open for July 17 for the early voting period in advance of the Aug. 6 election day. State and federal primaries as well as county general elections are on the ballot. And more than 5,000 citizens have applied so far to vote by absentee ballots in the election.
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Ballot Basics: Absentee voting for beginners
Exploring the possibility of voting absentee for the first time? Here's a guide to what to expect and the new qualification added to the application by court order.
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No new election machines in August balloting
Supply chain problems are affecting the move to get Shelby County funding approved for a specific vendor.
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Chancellor: ‘Shame’ on state for not following absentee voting order
A Davidson County chancellor chastised the state Thursday for not following a court order on mail-in absentee voting during the COVID-19 pandemic and ordered it to put up a new form by Friday and tell county election officials to comply.
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Court rules Tenn. must expand absentee voting
The judge ruled in favor of two groups, including Memphis and Nashville residents who said their health could be jeopardized if they were forced to vote in person.
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Senate panel kills legislative hopes to expand absentee balloting
A Senate committee defeated legislation designed to let more people vote without going to the polls this fall as the COVID-19 crisis is expected to stretch on for months.
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May 2020
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Election Commission meets Thursday on new voting system
Shelby County Election Commissioners will meet Thursday, May 7, online to discuss and possibly select a new voting system for the county.
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April 2020
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Election Commission prepares for increase in absentee ballots
The Shelby County Election Commission is preparing for an increase in absentee balloting in advance of the Aug. 6 election day.
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Election commissioners get voting machine proposals, public doesn’t
The Shelby County Election Commission delayed a decision Thursday on a new voting system. The commission will hold an in-person meeting sometime next week. The commission also certified the ballot for the Aug. 6 elections in Shelby County.
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Pandemic Politics: From voting machines to handshakes, it’s changed things
The pandemic has led to mail-in voting a third choice for a new voting system, and it has possibly made the hand shake a relic. And it could make the presidential race even closer than one nationally known analyst thought it was going to be.
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Election Commission waits to set August ballot until possible appeals
The withdrawal deadline for the Aug. 6 ballot passed Thursday with several withdrawals from races on the Shelby County ballot. But much of the attention is on the decision the day before by the Tennessee Democratic Party to remove four contenders from the party primaries in Shelby County.
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Kustoff unopposed in 8th Congressional District August primary
The Thursday filing deadline also saw 14 confirmed candidates in the statewide Republican primary for U.S. Senate and five in the companion Democratic primary for the open seat.
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Woods: Pandemic’s toll on schools prompted reversal of his school board exit
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, SCS board member Kevin Woods says Shelby County Schools face a possible $130 million hole in its budget from the loss of sales tax revenue.
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Three incumbents unopposed at filing deadline for Aug. 6 election
A recap of the fields in the five Shelby County Schools board races and 16 races for the Tennessee Legislature.
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Thursday filing deadline for August ballot includes last-minute surprises
Five incumbents could effectively win re-election at Thursday's noon deadline, but that's not a sure thing for most of them. And eight of the 16 seats in the Shelby County delegation to Nashville on the Aug. 6 ballot will likely be decided with the primaries as the winners run unopposed in the November general election.
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Woods changes course on leaving school board
Shelby County Schools board member Kevin Woods has changed his mind about not seeking another term.
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March 2020
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August ballot comes into focus ahead of Thursday deadline
Despite COVID-19 restrictions, the Election Commission remains open to issue and take petitions from contenders on the Aug. 6 ballot of state and federal primaries and nonpartisan school board races.
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