There are 6 article(s) tagged #UPTheVote901:

• April 2022

  • Judge denies bid to open additional early voting locations Wednesday

    The ruling on a motion Monday, April 11, means early voting in advance of the May 3 election day opens Wednesday at a single Downtown site. The other 25 early voting sites open the Monday after Easter Sunday.

    By Bill Dries April 11, 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

• June 2020

  • Plaintiffs push state to follow chancellor’s vote-by-mail ruling

    A group of Memphis and Nashville residents challenging the state’s absentee ballot law is trying to force the state to follow a chancellor’s ruling for universal vote-by-mail during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Sam Stockard June 09, 2020

• May 2020

  • Memphians challenge state for universal absentee voting

    Memphis voters and a voter advocacy organization are suing the state for a court order allowing any voter worried about the COVID-19 pandemic to vote via absentee ballot.

    By Sam Stockard May 12, 2020

• August 2019

  • Vote to gain political power

    Memphis has seen its own types of gerrymandering and the political opportunism that undergirds those efforts.

    By Earle J. Fisher August 24, 2019