City Council tables indefinitely ballot question to allow partisan primaries
Memphis City Council member Martavius Jones chose to table the ordinance he sponsored that would put the question of partisan primaries on the ballot. (Daily Memphian file)
The ordinance was tabled Tuesday, June 21, by its council sponsor, Martavius Jones.
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