Luttrell is new chairman of Shelby County Election Commission
Former Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell is the new chairman of the Shelby County Election Commission.
Topic: Brent Taylor
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May 2022
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April 2022
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Two Republican primaries are already throwing sparks
The only two contested Republican primaries in August for seats in the Tennessee General Assembly representing parts of Shelby County could change dramatically with new challenges that could remove one of the contenders from each of the two-man races.
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March 2022
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Political Roundup: Walking local party lines
As some Democrats pledge to try to censure Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland for endorsing a Republican candidate for state Senate in the August primaries, local Republicans have their own internal differences.
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Local Democrats call for censure of Strickland
Strickland’s backing of Brent Taylor in the state Senate District 31 primary follows endorsements by Tennessee Republican U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty.
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County Commission approves Election Commission funding
The funding would provide for notices to Shelby County voters about changes to precincts and polling places.
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Taylor moves closer to August primary challenge of Kelsey
Brent Taylor resigned as chairman of the Shelby County Election Commission this week but didn’t mention a bid for the state Senate.
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Chairman resigns from election commission
Brent Taylor is expected to enter the Republican primary race for Senate District 31, the seat currently held by Brian Kelsey of Germantown.
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Election precinct changes met with accusations of disenfranchisement
The county could see new voting machines by August of this year, but two issues indicate overall differences between the Shelby County Commission and the Election Commission.
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February 2022
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Watch: Taylor and Turner differ on post-pandemic return to voting laws
Election Commission Chairman Brent Taylor and Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner spoke on this week’s “Behind The Headlines.”
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January 2022
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Goodbye Morning Sun, hello new precincts
County election commission does its first extensive precinct realignment in two decades.
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New voting system in limbo as May county primaries near
A Chancery Court lawsuit preserved the stalemate between the Shelby County Election Commission and the Shelby County Commission over a way forward in the controversy.
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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.
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August 2021
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Miss. Gov.: South’s response to COVID impacted by belief in ‘eternal life’
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves talked about the pandemic Thursday, Aug. 26, at a re-election fundraiser in Shelby County held at a replica of the Mississippi governor’s mansion.
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Local redistricting numbers taking shape
U.S. Census figures show some County Commission districts have grown in population while others have lost population since a decade ago.
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Both parties like ‘low-tech’ voting, former commissioner says
One of the county’s most vocal advocates for a new voting system with hand-marked paper ballots says the push for such a system isn’t part of the national political movement that contends Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.
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Election commission chief says Democrats want ‘cloudy elections’
Shelby County Election Commission Chairman Brent Taylor said on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, that local Democrats want disputed election results, referring to the push for paper ballots, which he believes will lead to chaos.
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July 2021
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Election Commission chairman says County Commission not cooperating on voting machines
Brent Taylor says the County Commission decision to take its own bids on a new voting system “effectively bypasses” the Election Commission and “doesn’t indicate a willingness to work cooperatively.”
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New voting machines rejected as County Commission moves to rebid
Shelby County commissioners Monday voted down a new touch-screen voting system that includes a paper trail and moved to cut the Election Commission out of the process by taking new bids on a system that primarily uses hand-marked paper ballots.
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April 2021
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Talks start over new voting system compromise
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Election Commission Chairman Brent Taylor talks about new discussions with county commissioners two months after the Election Commission voted to go to court in the simmering dispute.
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Taylor is new chairman of changing Election Commission
Shelby County election commissioners chose Brent Taylor Tuesday, April 13, as the new chairman of the five-member body.
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March 2021
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New funeral service finds sanctuary, savings in churches
Former Memphis City Council member Brent Taylor for years has acquired and operated funeral homes in small towns near Memphis. But he recently innovated a relatively affordable funeral service in the heart of the bustling Poplar Corridor in East Memphis.
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September 2020
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Funding for ballot delayed, could mean long November vote count
Shelby County commissioners put off a vote Monday, Sept. 28, on $5.8 million to buy a new voting system, a move that election officials say could mean it will take days to count all the votes in the presidential general election.
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April 2020
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Path to new voting machines still complex, secretive
Two Shelby County Election Commissioners say on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that the method being discussed for making the choice on new voting machines would keep the price of the machines a secret until the decision is made because of legal opinions.
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Conference call glitches and secret bids sideline voting machine decision
County purchasing officials won’t make bid documents on a new voting system public until after the Election Commission makes a final decision.
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October 2019
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Election Commission to draft policy on early voting hours for future elections
The Election Commission considered changing the hours for early voting to open all six sites in the city council runoff races ahead of Friday. But the commission decided instead to set a policy on the issue in future elections.
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