Funding for ballot delayed, could mean long November vote count
Poll worker Thomas Rogers watches a steady stream of voters cast their ballot at Abundant Grace Fellowship Church on Sept. 28, 2019. The pandemic has made in-person voting like this more problematic. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian fule)
Shelby County commissioners put off a vote Monday, Sept. 28, on $5.8 million to buy a new voting system, a move that election officials say could mean it will take days to count all the votes in the presidential general election.
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