On the vote totals you are about to see
Early voting numbers, which are the first vote totals released after the polls close, won’t include the absentee total. Up until now, absentee votes have been included in the first release.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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The afternoon ‘rush’ and the value of the vote
Through 3 p.m. today, the Shelby County Election Commission counted 15,754 voters since the polls opened at 7 a.m.
Heat is suppressing turnout, elections official says
Shelby County elections administrator Linda Phillips said the afternoon rush hour might boost vote totals.
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