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.
Topic: Shelby County Election Commission
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April 2022
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March 2022
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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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George Flinn pulls petitions to run for Congress
Here’s the latest on who has filed or pulled qualifying petitions for the August nonpartisan county races and the state and federal primaries on the same ballot.
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New school board member and Election Commission funding top County Commission agenda
Shelby County Commissioners pick from seven contenders to fill the vacant seat on the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board. The commission also returns to a move to fund Election Commission notices to voters for the May elections.
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Luttrell to fill vacancy on Shelby County Election Commission
The former sheriff and county mayor was the choice of Republicans in the Shelby County delegation to the Tennessee Legislature. The recommendation still must be ratified by the Tennessee Election Commission.
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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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Harris, Moody remain after Democratic challenger in mayor race disqualified
The winner between Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and challenger Ken Moody will face Republican nominee and Memphis City Council member Worth Morgan on the August ballot.
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With deadline nearing, some candidates struggle to get signatures
The deadline to get on the ballot is noon, Thursday, Feb. 17, and there were a lot of political moves up to the 24-hour mark for candidates to file their qualifying petitions with the Shelby County Election Commission.
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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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Field of contenders grows for May county primaries
So far, 43 contenders have pulled qualifying petitions to get on the May 3 county primary ballot. Three have also filed their petitions with the Shelby County Election Commission.
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December 2021
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Opening day to get on May primary ballot draws 28 potential candidates
Those pulling petitions have until noon Feb. 17 to file their petitions with the Shelby County Election Commission and if certified go on the May 3, 2022, county primary ballot.
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August 2021
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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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New voting machine issue is moving again in County Commission
A vote Monday by the Shelby County Commission on a new voting system could mean new voting machines by the May county primary elections.
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Opinion: New voting system ensures local elections’ integrity
‘One of the greatest assets of ballot-marking devices is that ambiguous or indeterminate marks frequently made by voters when marking ballots by hand are completely eliminated,’ says Brent Taylor.
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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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February 2021
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Election Commission to take County Commission to court over new voting machines
On a party-line vote Tuesday, Feb. 16, the Shelby County Election Commission voted 3-2 to take the County Commission to court in the ongoing standoff over a new voting system for the 2022 elections.
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November 2020
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Certified vote count changes no outcomes, reflects 65% Shelby County turnout
The two closest races on the Nov. 3 ballot got a bit closer but with nearly 80% of the votes cast during early voting, Election Day was a mere 14% of the countywide turnout.
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