There are 12 article(s) tagged Absentee ballots:

• October 2020

  • Election Commission clears backlog of absentee ballot requests

    The commission is now processing absentee applications as they come in. The deadline to request the mail-in ballots is Oct. 27.

    By Bill Dries October 13, 2020

  • Absentee ballots set to go out

    The first absentee ballots will be in the mail to Shelby County voters Wednesday, Oct. 7, according to the Shelby County Election Commission.

    By Bill Dries October 05, 2020

• August 2020

  • Absentee ballot anxiety weighed and sorted in election aftermath

    The Shelby County Election Commission got requests for nearly 20,000 absentee ballots and about 17,000 of the mail-in ballots were cast in Thursday's election. Some voters anxious about waiting for the ballots to come instead voted in person on election day or during early voting. And some ballots were disqualified because of specific state laws.

    By Bill Dries August 08, 2020

• July 2020

  • State nears quarter-million mark in early voting

    Shelby County posted the second highest county total for the state through the first six days of early voting. Davidson County, including Nashville, has the highest turnout and, at least for now, is the bluest county in terms of early voters' choices of primaries. Of the state's 95 counties, 92 show Republican majorities in their turnout.

    By Bill Dries July 29, 2020

  • Election Commission caught up on nearly 17,000 absentee ballot applications

    Officials hope to process absentee voting applications the same day they arrive up to Thursday's deadline to apply. Meanwhile, in-person early voting continues through Saturday, Aug. 1, at 26 locations. Election day is Aug. 6.

    By Bill Dries July 27, 2020

• 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

  • 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.

    By Sam Stockard June 05, 2020

• May 2020

  • Council joins call to lift absentee ballot restrictions

    The call for an executive order by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is the latest, including three lawsuits pending in Nashville. Lee has said he will not issue an executive order dropping state law's present restrictions on the mail-in ballots.

    By Bill Dries May 19, 2020

  • Election changes churn political waters

    The Shelby County Election Commission picked new voting machines earlier this month without the public knowing the name of the company or the price. But it has done little to settle the ongoing debate about changes to how Memphis voters exercise their right.

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2020

  • Ballot Basics: Terms of Change

    Here are some of the terms being tossed around and process issues being explored in the move to a new voting system for Shelby County that has joined hands with some other balloting issues.

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2020

• March 2019

  • Barzizza allowed to review ballots from Germantown mayoral election

    Unsuccessful Germantown mayoral candidate John Barzizza will be allowed to review provisional and absentee ballots under a consent agreement between Barzizza and the Shelby County Election Commission.

    By Abigail Warren March 20, 2019

• January 2019

  • Motion seeks provisional ballot review in Germantown mayoral election

    John Barzizza, former Germantown alderman and mayoral candidate, has filed a motion to review provisional and absentee paper ballots cast in the 2018 Germantown mayoral race.

    By Abigail Warren January 28, 2019