Five-year mayoral residency requirement in effect, city attorney says
Jennifer Sink, Memphis City Attorney, has reversed course and taken the stance the city of Memphis' five-year residency requirement for mayoral candidates is in effect. (The Daily Memphian file)
Memphis City Attorney Jennifer Sink has taken the stance the City of Memphis' five-year residency requirement for mayoral candidates is in effect.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He is a native Rhode Islander who lives Downtown. He has covered Memphis since 2018.
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