Hargett highlights elections and small business issues during a pandemic
In a luncheon speech to the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, the secretary of state highlights a smooth Tennessee election and the problems facing businesses during the pandemic.
Topic: 2020 Election
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February 2021
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November 2020
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Opinion: ‘Everybody look what’s going down’
Preachers must often wonder if what they’re saying gets through — after that sip of water mid-sermon, looking across the congregation. This Sunday, I got it.
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Opinion: Thank you, ma’am
In the last few national elections, about 4% more women than men voted overall. In the Black community, it’s running about 10% more women than men. Among Hispanics, it’s about 5% more. They are Democrats and Republicans, but they are not in lockstep along party lines.
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The Memphis 10: Six final thoughts on the 2020 election
Among Tennessee counties, the late vote didn’t change much, but some tightening in Shelby County meant that for the first time since 2000 – when Nashville’s Al Gore was on the ballot – Davidson County was actually more “blue” than Shelby.
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Biden says he’s prepping for White House
While neither presidential candidate has reached the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the White House, Joe Biden is on the verge and told Americans in a Friday night address that he and running mate Kamala Harris are taking meetings on assuming leadership.
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Harris defeats DeBerry in state House District 90 race
Torrey Harris, who lost to John DeBerry by 21 percentage points in the 2018 Democratic primary, upset the 26-year incumbent in Tuesday’s voting.
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Election 2020: Results for all local, state, national races
Who will be your elected officials come next year? We know most of them.
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Biden expresses optimism as vote count continues
The fate of the presidency hangs in the balance as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fight for the last handful of battleground states.
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Gillespie narrowly defeats Salinas for District 97 seat
In a close race, John Gillespie, a political newcomer, narrowly defeats Democratic challenger Gabby Salinas in the state House District 97 race.
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White defeats Green in District 83 House race
White retains his seat with 55% of the vote, according to unofficial totals from the Shelby County Election Commission.
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Suburban turnout slows during midday
In the eastern suburbs, two 0ld fire trucks were driving along Poplar Pike with Sherrie Hicks signs. A pickup truck with Trump flags was driving down Poplar Avenue in Collierville.
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See it now: Counting ballots on the floor of the FedExForum
Check out this 30-second time-lapse video by The Daily Memphian’s Patrick Lantrip, of absentee ballots being counted today on the floor of the FedExForum. -
Harris: One in seven early votes statewide from Shelby County
More votes had been cast in Shelby County before the polls opened on Election Day than in any other county in the state, county Mayor Lee Harris said Tuesday, Nov. 3. -
Fast and easy voting at White Station Middle
Voting was even faster than usual at White Station Middle School on Election Day, though there were processes, rules to be followed. -
Counting panels begin at FedExForum
Absentee counting boards are underway at FedExForum.
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October 2020
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Inside the election process: how and where absentee, early voting ballots are counted
Election officials put trust in people’s respect for meticulous process.
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Opinion: Trump fatigue is fueling Shelby’s massive voter turnout
The massive turnout is being driven in large part by the laser-focused desire to get Trump and his enablers out of the White House. But turnout also is being fueled to a lesser degree by Trump supporters.
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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.
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Federal appeals court upholds signature verification law for absentee ballots
The ruling is in one of five federal court challenges to state laws governing Tennessee’s absentee ballot process underway as absentee voters are completing their ballots and mailing them back to election commissions across the state.
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First batch of absentee ballots in the mail
The Election Commission is getting 500 requests a day for the mail-in ballots in Shelby County ahead of the Nov. 3 election day.
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September 2020
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Memphis Grizzlies to hold voter information drive Saturday
The Grizzlies and Jaren Jackson Jr. are doing their part to help the NBA’s voting initiative.
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Kustoff says November election results could take a while
The Germantown Republican says he thinks mail-in absentee voting could be manipulated and said recent changes in postal service began during the Obama administration.
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August 2020
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A political valley on the road to Nov. 3
The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast recaps some events from the past week and some of the recently certified election results are cause to go looking through some numbers from the historic 1991 city elections.
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Marquita Bradshaw: ‘Not a fringe campaign’
On "Behind The Headlines," the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate says she's raised 10 times more money since she won the August primary statewide. Bradshaw touts an alternative path back to the U.S. Senate in Tennessee for Democrats that relies on community organizers and their networks.
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Election chief: Using FedExForum for voting ‘not practical’
Using FedExForum as a gigantic polling location for the November election would be like “shooting flies with cannon balls,” Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips said Friday, Aug. 28.
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