Jenkins rules against election commission, orders immediate voter registration remedies

By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: October 25, 2018 8:28 PM CT | Published: October 25, 2018 5:25 PM CT

Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins ruled Thursday in favor of the Memphis Branch NAACP and the Tennessee Black Voters Project in a lawsuit that will require the Shelby County Election Commission to give potential voters a chance to fix their voter registration applications so they can cast ballots on the Nov. 6 election day.

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Bill Dries covers city government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.

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