There are 9 article(s) tagged early vote:

• October 2023

  • Mayoral candidate Young takes absentee, early vote by 2,600-vote margin

    The 14-day early voting period drew nearly 58,000 voters with a turnout bigger than Thursday’s Election Day across the city.

    By Bill Dries October 06, 2023

• August 2022

  • Harris, Mulroy, Halbert claim early vote, term limits extension losing

    The early and absentee votes are the first to be counted once the polls are closed. The numbers here are the early vote only with separate totals not posted yet on absentee votes.

    By Bill Dries August 04, 2022

• October 2020

  • Calkins: How the Memphis Grizzlies helped a 93-year-old woman vote for president

    Jaren Jackson Jr. was voting for president for the first time. 93-year-old Beverly Nash was not. But they crossed paths Wednesday at the Agricenter voting station. And it was beautiful. 

    By Geoff Calkins October 22, 2020

• September 2019

  • More than three-quarters of early voters were over age 50

    The data released Sunday also shows three early voters separated the city's top two early voting sites — one that drew a predominantly African American turnout, the other that drew a predominantly white turnout.

    By Bill Dries September 30, 2019

  • Memphis early vote numbers clarified for first two days

    A total of 3,883 Memphians cast early votes during the first two days of the voting period, the Shelby County Election Commission announced.

    By Bill Dries September 17, 2019

  • Arlington early vote total is heavy

    The early voter turnout for Thursday's Arlington municipal elections came in at more than 1,500 votes.

    By Bill Dries September 16, 2019

  • Mayor’s race shifts as Sawyer responds to Twitter controversy

    The Tennessee Equality Project and director of OUTMemphis each issued statements on a 2014 tweet by Memphis mayoral contender and Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer about outing a gay teacher.

    By Bill Dries September 16, 2019

• November 2018

  • Ballot Basics: Early voting turnout

    A total of 188,668 Shelby Countians cast early ballots during the early voting period that ended Nov. 1. The largest turnout day was the last – 20,332 – the only day that topped 20,000.

    By Bill Dries November 03, 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