Candidates ‘have the responsibility for turnout’
The Shelby County Election Commission chairman and the elections administrator talked about low voter turnout and election off year mechanics on “Behind The Headlines.”
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June 2025
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April 2025
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Political Roundup: Shelby County Democrats stalled on chair, more
Local Democrats set a May 31 date to pick a chair, Patricia Possel is the newest Shelby County election commissioner and Congressman Steve Cohen says revoking student visas is causing problems on Memphis college campuses.
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November 2024
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Political Roundup: Breaking down details of certified election results
Shifts in the absentee vote totals and provisional ballots that were due in some part to the uncertainty by voters that absentee ballots could reach the Shelby County Election Commission by mail in time.
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It’s official: Certification puts 2024 Shelby County election results in record book
Some of the vote totals changed in the set of local, state and federal races because of the addition of 250 provisional ballots counted after the Nov. 5 election night. The additional votes didn’t change the outcome in any of the races.
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Political Roundup: The new election-returns layout, Hagerty defends Gaetz
After years of problems with the posting of election returns on its website, the Shelby County Election Commission has switched to a new system that also features precinct-by-precinct results and maps.
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Election Commission sets runoff date for Collierville
The Shelby County Election Commission decided Thursday that a Collierville runoff will be held Dec. 10 to fill the office held by Alderman John Worley.
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Shelby County voter turnout lowest for presidential race since at least 1968
The unofficial election results released Nov. 6 show the presidential general election drew a majority of voters in Shelby County, but not by much. President-elect Donald Trump won fewer local votes this year than in 2020.
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Shelby County tops 600,000 voters as registration deadline nears
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 5 presidential general election is Monday, Oct. 7. Meanwhile, new voter registration numbers show Shelby County has seen an uptick in voters on the rolls.
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Shelby County Election Commission gears up for Nov. 5
Elections administrator Linda Phillips and the Election Commission are preparing for more voters, a longer ballot and new challenges for poll workers.
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Some early voters complain to officials about touch-screen problems
Elected officials started getting complaints from voters who said the choices they made on the touch screen voting machines changed.
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Early voting nears end in presidential general election
The last day to vote early in the presidential general election is Thursday, Oct. 31. Here’s a look at turnout so far and comparisons to other elections in this cycle.
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No lines at voting locations across Shelby County
“It was busy at 7 a.m. I’m not hearing of lines anywhere,” Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips said at a noon update of polling locations across the county.
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Voting results could be late, election chief warns
Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips says it could be a long night for the local presidential general election vote count.
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Final election results expected midnight or later
Absentee ballots were still being counted as of 8:45 p.m. as results from Election Day start rolling in to the Shelby County Election Commission.
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Polls are open across Shelby County
Election Day comes after a 14-day early voting period in which 257,515 voters cast ballots at 26 locations across Shelby County. Polls are open at 142 precincts across Shelby County as of 7 a.m. today.
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Calkins: Hundreds of students will be working the polls Tuesday. So be nice!
If you’re voting Tuesday, don’t be surprised if you’re checked in by a high school student. More than 250 have signed up to work the polls this week. So be on your best behavior, people.
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September 2024
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Memphis gun-control questions can go on the ballot. For now.
Allan Wade, the council’s attorney, successfully argued that the constitutionality of the ballot measure did not matter until the people voted on it.
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August 2024
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20-year-old case could impact gun control legal battle
The current path of the legal dispute over a multi-part city ballot referendum on gun control is expected to hinge on the outcome of the payroll tax ballot question’s 2004 controversy.
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Election Commission won’t add gun-control referendum in November
The Election Commission’s decision could set up a legal battle a day after the state’s Republican leadership came out against Memphis’ vote on gun control.
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Secretary of State won’t let Memphians vote on local gun control
“Common sense says local governments can’t override state law to give a 12-year-old a driver’s license, and they can’t override other state laws either,” Hargett said in a statement emailed to The Daily Memphian.
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TN Repubs threaten to withhold sales tax over Memphis gun votes
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Election commission certifies August election results, moves to Nov. 5 ballot
Some vote totals changed in the certified Aug. 1 election results for Shelby County. Meanwhile, the Shelby County Election Commission certified the list of candidates in five sets of suburban races on the Nov. 5 ballot.
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Salinas win in state House District 96 primary could be contested
A problem on the Election Commission’s website led a state House candidate to conclude she won her race when she lost the lead in the last batch of votes by the unofficial results.
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The Aug. 1 election by the numbers
The 13% turnout for the combination of state and federal primaries and county general elections was the lowest in Shelby County since 2004.
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Early voting could draw half of total election turnout
Early voting opens Friday, July 12, in an election cycle that was much different four years ago due to COVID-19. The pandemic is over, but it’s still complicating turnout predictions for the Aug. 1 ballot.
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Ballot Basics: Early voting July 12-27
Here is everything you need to know about how to vote early ahead of the Aug. 1 election day in Shelby County.
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