Election chief: Using FedExForum for voting ‘not practical’
Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips says FedExForum, seen here in 2011, can’t be used as a polling location without a change to state law. (Lance Murphey/Daily Memphian)
Using FedExForum as a gigantic polling location for the November election would be like “shooting flies with cannon balls,” Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips said Friday, Aug. 28.
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