Here’s a look at the five referendums Memphis voters will decide in 2024 that, if approved, would change future elections. 

With the last election of an unusually busy election year in the books, there may be some changes in 2024 to where you vote and what you encounter when you get there.

Here’s a look at how the 2023 election season shook out, and what’s coming up on the ballot for Memphis voters in 2024.

The winners of the three races make a majority of seven women on the city council that takes office in January — the first majority of women on the 13-member body in the 55-year history of the mayor-council form of government.

Here is everything you need to know about voting in Thursday’s Memphis City Council runoff races.

The last local elections of 2023 will determine who the Memphis City Council representatives from Districts 2, 3 and 7 will be. The runoffs will complete the new council that takes office Jan. 1 with Mayor-elect Paul Young.

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Early voting in the three runoffs for Memphis City Council Districts 2, 3 and 7 is open through 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. Election day is Nov. 16.

Republicans in DeSoto County state legislative seats had a strong showing in Tuesday’s elections, maintaining a strong GOP representation in the county.

Republican incumbents in local DeSoto County races returned to office Tuesday night in Mississippi’s Nov. 7 general election.

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Heading into Tuesday’s general election, Democratic Public Policy Polling had Reeves polling ahead at 46% compared to Presley’s 45%. 

Mississippi voters head to the polls Tuesday to select candidates in statewide races, along with local offices.

More than 700 Memphians have cast early ballots in the runoffs for three city council seats through the first four days of the voting period. 

Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson traveled to North Mississippi on Wednesday to participate in a joint effort across the two states to enhance voter interest.

Mississippi voters go to the polls Nov. 7 to select candidates in several local races for the state legislature.

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On Nov. 7, Mississippi voters will select candidates in the statewide general election, including seats for the state legislature. 

“There are a lot of voters who have been ignored in DeSoto County that no governor’s candidate has come to talk to over the years,” said Democratic candidate Brandon Presley. 

Here are the voting basics for the three Memphis City Council runoff elections during the early voting period that begins Friday, Oct. 27.

Early voting in three city council districts runs Oct. 27-Nov. 11. Runoff Election Day is Nov. 16.

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Follow the story of the Memphis mayor campaign: the moves and issues that found their way into the political arena in this timeline of a campaign that began more than a year before ballots were cast.

The increase reflected in certified vote totals approved by the Shelby County Election Commission did not change the outcome of any of the races on the Oct. 5 city ballot. The commission also approved early voting locations and hours for the Nov. 16 runoffs in three city council districts.

The Shelby County Election Commission may take a closer look at its procedures after a poll inspector’s car was broken into the day before election day. The commission voted unanimously Monday, Oct. 16, to certify the election results.

The Daily Memphian political reporters Sam Hardiman and Bill Dries go over some notes on the 2023 city elections and what the unofficial results mean in an “On The Record” podcast.

Bacardi Harris is challenging incumbent school board member Jerald Wheeler in a special election next month for the District 3 seat on the board.

With those words and what he said in his victory speech, the mayor-elect embodied the swagger and the hope that his supporters believe he could bring back to Memphis.

A reporters’ roundtable on WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines” recaps the 2023 Memphis election result. Meanwhile, the next campaigns to come in the new year will include referendums that could change city elections.

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