There are 19 article(s) tagged voter turnout:

• May 2026

  • Primary voter turnout healthy — but not high

    Primary elections in Shelby County draw the lowest voter turnout. Considering that, overall turnout in Tuesday’s election was higher than expected.

    By Bill Dries May 06, 2026

• June 2025

  • Political Roundup: Lowery stumps, red state strategies and new voter numbers

    The Political Roundup looks at some sparks in the early field for Shelby County in the 2026 county elections and examines the political divide over what kind of a relationship a majority Democratic or blue city should keep with leaders of a red state.

    By Bill Dries June 30, 2025

• March 2025

  • Political Roundup: The race for Democratic chair; Tesla and townhalls

    The political roundup focuses on a busy Saturday. Democrats discussed what has gone wrong in the party, and we look at some tumultuous Congressional townhall meetings of the past.

    By Bill Dries March 23, 2025

• February 2025

  • Local Democratic, Republican leaders talk pros, cons of deportation

    “... They are not committing any other crime,” Worth Morgan said. “But they are being exploited and they are taking a job away from somebody here in Memphis that would want that job.”

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2025

• December 2024

  • Collierville sees low early voting turnout ahead of Dec. 10 runoff

    Fewer than 4.2% of registered voters in Collierville took the opportunity to cast early ballots in the suburb’s runoff election. The last chance to vote in the Alderman Position 3 race is Tuesday.

    By Abigail Warren December 06, 2024

• November 2024

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries November 07, 2024

  • Ballot Basics: How to vote on Election Day

    Here is everything you need to know about voting Tuesday, Nov. 5, in Shelby County from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2024

• August 2024

  • 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. 

    By Bill Dries August 04, 2024

  • Aug. 1 Election Day sets stage for November

    Thursday, Aug. 1, is an Election Day that Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris called “a practice run for November.” 

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2024

• August 2023

  • Political Roundup: McKissack opens campaign HQ and how many votes to become mayor

    Campaigns are anticipating a voter turnout of around 100,000 voters when all of the votes are counted Oct. 5. Some candidates believe one of them could win the mayors race with as few as 25,000 votes. 

    By Bill Dries August 26, 2023

• January 2023

  • Low turnout in special elections draws questions, complaints from County Commission

    The State House District 86 primaries have drawn 275 early voters through the weekend, out of the 45,000 in the district, which has raised questions. 

    By Bill Dries January 09, 2023

• October 2022

  • Early voting opens with new voting system and new trends

    The Wednesday, Oct. 19, opening came with some new restrictions on campaigning near several voting sites and indications that the choice to vote on new machines or vote with a hand-marked paper ballot will be watched as closely as the vote totals.

    By Bill Dries, Abigail Warren October 19, 2022

  • Early voting for local, state, national general election begins on Oct. 19

    For most of Shelby County’s voters, the most exciting thing about the ballot that opens early voting might be the new voting system.

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    Ballot Basics: Early Voting Oct. 19-Nov. 3

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2022

  • What the past 16 Memphis mayoral elections tell us about the next one

    A review of the 16 Memphis mayoral elections under the mayor-council form of city government before and after the city runoff provision was abolished.

    By Bill Dries October 07, 2022

• September 2022

  • Canvassing groups tackle voter registration — and voter turnout

    The voter registration deadline for the Nov. 8 ballot gives a sense of urgency to the latest canvassing forays into the city to increase not only voter registration but voter turnout. 

    By Bill Dries September 20, 2022

• August 2022

  • Arlington mayor talks voter ‘buzz'; Panel promotes residential growth

    Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman lost a bet on voter turnout by a hair. A “38002 All-Star panel” discusses economic development for the suburb. 

    By Michael Waddell August 16, 2022

• November 2020

  • Certified vote count changes no outcomes, reflects 65% Shelby County turnout

    The two closest races on the Nov. 3 ballot got a bit closer but with nearly 80% of the votes cast during early voting, Election Day was a mere 14% of the countywide turnout. 

    By Bill Dries November 24, 2020

• 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

• August 2020

  • Nearly 21% turnout in Shelby County shows most voted early, absentee

    The unofficial results arrived relatively late in Shelby County compared to the rest of the state and reflected statewide results in the Senate primary and a good night for all but one incumbent on the ballot. The number of absentee ballots also reflected some didn't make it to the Election Commission or that those voters may have abandoned the mail-in ballots to vote provisional ballots.

    By Bill Dries August 07, 2020