NAACP calls for better paper ballot backups for August elections
“State law says that when the machines go down, you are to hand voters paper ballots,” said Van Turner, president of the Memphis Branch NAACP and a Shelby County Commissioner. “They have paper ballots because we have mail-in (absentee) ballots.” (Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis Branch NAACP and other organizations say problems at an early voting location ahead of the May county primary election day have prompted their push for paper ballots as a backup.
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