As Shelby County preps for May and August votes, a TMZ video grabs attention
The Shelby County Election Commission has approved 26 early voting locations ahead of the May 5 Shelby County primary Election Day. Early voting in the county primaries runs April 15-30. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian file)
As the governor’s race heats up, a camera captures Marsha Blackburn at the D.C. airport. And when early voting starts April 15, all Memphis area locations will be open.
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2026 elections early voting Shelby County Election Commission Keeley Greer G.A. Hardaway Linda Phillips Shelby County voter registration Steve Cohen Justin J. Pearson Marsha Blackburn John Rose Jerri Green Subscriber OnlyThank you for reading The Daily Memphian. Your support is critical.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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