There are 3 article(s) tagged Norma Lester:

• December 2018

  • City Council’s 3 empty seats take center stage

    The Memphis City Council has three empty council seats to fill Tuesday. And if the 10 council members can’t break the gridlock that has delayed the appointment to the first of those vacancies, there will be more calls for special elections to fill all three.

    By Bill Dries December 18, 2018

• November 2018

  • Election Commission certifies November election results, concerns remain

    Shelby County election commissioners put the last election of 2018 to rest Monday evening, but not questions and concerns about the conduct of the Nov. 6 elections.

    By Bill Dries November 27, 2018

• October 2018

  • Glitches, suspicion overshadow heavy start of early voting

    When the first day of early voting in advance of the Nov. 6 election day had ended Wednesday, Shelby County election commissioner Norma Lester offered her verdict on how it went with a brief Facebook post. “Don’t know any other way to say it except the first day of Early Voting was absolute HELL!” she wrote. “Hoping for a better Second day.”

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2018