Canvassing groups tackle voter registration — and voter turnout
Volunteers mingle at a voter registration event held by the Shelby County Voter Alliance and Memphis Artists for Change in Jesse Turner Park in South Memphis Sept. 20, 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
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.
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