This year marks the highest early-voting turnout since 2010 for the congressional midterm election cycle.

Related content:

After early voting issues, voting machines being tested before Election Day

An early voting problem was traced to a single voting machine in Bartlett that more than 300 voters used, which could lead to lawsuits challenging election results.

It’s election week, and school is back in session. Plus, you can get a free Memphis Tigers “shirsey” this weekend. 

While there are six races on the Arlington municipal ballot this week, only one is contested with incumbent Jeremy Biggs facing the challenge of Don Hinkle for the Position 6 alderman’s seat.

A single voting machine in Bartlett and a single polling official are blamed for the problem that arose earlier with absentee ballots.

The Republican primary for Governor includes battling polls and a look at post primary unity — the hopes, and the reality.

The many candidates for a wide range of local, state and federal offices were a key theme among journalists on this episode of “Behind the Headlines” on WKNO-TV.

Saturday is the last day to vote early in advance of the Aug. 6 Election Day. Here are some numbers about where turnout appears to be going locally and statewide.

A warning from District Attorney General Steve Mulroy about misleading endorsement ballots is the latest chapter in the tale of a unique Memphis political institution.

Although one election is a week away, voters in five of the Memphis suburbs will be choosing their leaders in November.

A former member of the Germantown Fire Department is interested in running for mayor of the suburb.

The Daily Memphian analyzes the first six days of early voting data within the three new congressional districts that split Shelby County and the race for Tennessee governor.

So far, three new challengers have pulled petitions to run against incumbents on the Bartlett Board of Mayor and Aldermen. 

“If you want something to be better, you have to get out there and do your part,” said one voter.

Most of the early and absentee votes in the first two days of the ongoing early voting period were cast in Democratic state and federal primaries.

U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, and Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, headlined the “Get Out the Vote Rally.”

Brad Less, the Republican nominee for Shelby County sheriff, talked on “Behind The Headlines” about immediate solutions to problems at the Shelby County Jail and life after the Memphis Safe Task Force.

Shelby County is back at the polls and the ballot is lengthy. 

Here’s a rundown to help you with the what, when and where of voting in the 2026 August elections. 

The most complex ballot of the three 2026 Shelby County elections begins early voting Friday. President Donald Trump and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have both endorsed candidates in the 9th Congressional District race.

Early voting starts Friday, July 17, for the Aug. 6 Shelby County general election. But the ballot also includes the state and federal primaries for the Nov. 3 election. 

Local Democrats closed out their candidate forums for the city’s three newly drawn congressional districts in, while a Millington event drew a Republican nominee for county mayor and videos from two contenders for governor.

Two Collierville residents are seeking the Republican nomination for an open position on the suburb’s school board as incumbent Wanda Chism declines to run for reelection. 

About 700 absentee voters in Shelby County will receive a supplemental ballot that is expected to arrive by July 15.

Democratic nominee for County Mayor Mickell Lowery talked about state intervention, his vote to raise county property taxes and tax breaks as economic development incentives on “Behind The Headlines.”