Early voting’s first four days shadow 2018 trend
Election Day is Nov. 3. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
In this political roundup:
— Early voting so far in the midterm election is on pace with 2018 when a majority of the county’s voters cast ballots,
— Three mayors speak Saturday at a “Souls to the Polls” rally in southwest Memphis,
— Democratic congressional candidates Chaz Molder and Justin J. Pearson campaign across the partisan divide,
— The politics of the Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable, and
— Shelby County Commissioner Rhonda O’Dell writes a second letter to Federal Judge Thomas Parker.
Early voting in Shelby County during the first three days was running just a bit behind the pace of the 2018 election, when a majority of the county’s voters went to the polls during the midway point of President Donald Trump’s first term.
The 33,206 votes already cast through Friday, Oct. 16, are comparable to 36,738 votes cast in the first three days of the same election cycle in 2018. During the 2022 election, the first three days of early voting saw 17,784 votes cast.
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2026 elections Shelby County Election Commission early voting turnout Souls to the Polls Riverside Missionary Baptist Church Willie Herenton Mickell Lowery Paul Young 2026 Congressional races Charlie Hatcher Chaz Molder Justin J. Pearson Todd Blanche C.J. Davis Marsha Blackburn Rhonda O'Dell Edmund Ford Jr. Thomas Parker Subscriber OnlyThank you for reading The Daily Memphian. Your support is critical.
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