There are 267 article(s) tagged Shelby County Election Commission:

• June 2019

  • Election temps to get at least $15 an hour

    Seasonal workers for the Shelby County Election Commission will be paid a minimum of $15 an hour by agreement of Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Shelby County Commission chairman Van Turner.

    By Bill Dries June 24, 2019

  • Election commission expects attorney general opinion on releasing results

    The Shelby County Election Commission has asked for an official opinion on how soon election results can be released after polls close at 7 p.m. The issue was one of the topics discussed during a joint meeting with the Shelby County Commission Thursday.

    By Linda A. Moore June 20, 2019

  • Sales tax hike proposal has enough signatures to go on October ballot

    The Shelby County Election Commission will vote Thursday afternoon on adding a sales tax increase referendum to the Oct. 3 Memphis ballot.

    By Bill Dries June 19, 2019

• May 2019

  • County commissioners weigh election commission’s request for new voting machines

    Shelby County Commission Chairman Van Turner says he may propose a joint resolution with the election commission to seek further assurances before granting them funding for new voting machines. 

    By Omer Yusuf May 25, 2019

• April 2019

  • Shelby County elections administrator backs voter registration rule changes

    Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips says some changes in voter registration rules are necessary after her experience with organized registration drives in the 2018 midterm elections.

    By Bill Dries April 19, 2019

  • Sanford: Legislature wields 1960s-style tactics to punish voter registration drives

    Instead of fueling another racial fight over the right to vote, lawmakers should be promoting better ways to help individuals and groups with the registration process. 

    By Otis Sanford April 18, 2019

  • Stamson named new election commission chairman

    Veteran Shelby County Election Commissioner Steve Stamson is the new chairman of the five-member body.

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2019

• March 2019

  • Barzizza allowed to review ballots from Germantown mayoral election

    Unsuccessful Germantown mayoral candidate John Barzizza will be allowed to review provisional and absentee ballots under a consent agreement between Barzizza and the Shelby County Election Commission.

    By Abigail Warren March 20, 2019

  • Sales tax petition drive check turning up lots of invalid signatures

    Almost half the signatures processed so far to put a city sales tax hike on the ballot this year have been judged invalid, according to the Shelby County Election Commission.

    By Bill Dries March 08, 2019

• February 2019

  • Election Commission will not appeal state ban on IRV

    The Shelby County Election Commission will not appeal a state order barring the use of instant-runoff voting in the 2019 city elections. It is the last major decision of an election commission that is getting three new members.

    By Bill Dries February 20, 2019

  • Tennessee elections coordinator rules out instant-runoff voting for 2019 Memphis elections

    Tennessee Elections Coordinator Mark Goins ruled Friday the Shelby County Election Commission cannot use instant-runoff voting in this October's city of Memphis elections. 

    By Bill Dries February 15, 2019

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    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 14, 2019

  • Special state Senate primary results certified

    The Shelby County results in the special primary elections for state Sen. District 32 are certified and dates for early voting in the special general election are set.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2019

• January 2019

  • Motion seeks provisional ballot review in Germantown mayoral election

    John Barzizza, former Germantown alderman and mayoral candidate, has filed a motion to review provisional and absentee paper ballots cast in the 2018 Germantown mayoral race.

    By Abigail Warren January 28, 2019

  • Sales tax referendum has complex legal and political path

    A petition drive for a city sales tax hike referendum to restore police and firefighter benefits cut four years ago has become more complex now that the petition signatures are being verified.

    By Bill Dries January 16, 2019

  • Early voter turnout in state Sen. Dist. 32 dominated by Tipton Republicans

    Republican voters in Tipton County make up most of the first week early voting turnout in the special primary elections for state Senate District 32.

    By Bill Dries January 14, 2019

  • Path to new voting machines gets longer with special elections

    There are still issues that must be addressed before instant-runoff voting can be implemented for city elections in October, even with voters overwhleming supporting the process in November.

    By Bill Dries January 04, 2019

• December 2018

  • 2018 elections offer surprises, confirmations and plenty of litigation

    There were more than votes to count in the 2018 local elections. There were voters, early voting locations and lawsuits – six of them – against the Shelby County Election Commission.

    By Bill Dries December 28, 2018

  • Coleman running as Democratic candidate for District 32 Senate race

    Bartlett resident Eric Coleman, retired from the U.S. Navy, emerged this week as the only Democratic candidate for the open 32nd District Senate seat vacated by Mark Norris.

    By Sam Stockard December 15, 2018

  • Pleasant led Election Commission through changes, challenges

    In three decades on the Shelby County Election Commission, 24 of them as chairman, O.C. Pleasant oversaw changes from lever voting machines to electronic machines to touch-screen machines and dodged an attempt to introduce punch-card voting in local elections.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2018

  • Some public officials are trying explain away the recent referendum results

     “Confirmation bias” refers to the tendency to only credit information which reinforces your own view.

    By Steve Mulroy December 12, 2018

• November 2018

  • Election Commission certifies November election results, concerns remain

    Shelby County election commissioners put the last election of 2018 to rest Monday evening, but not questions and concerns about the conduct of the Nov. 6 elections.

    By Bill Dries November 27, 2018

  • Election Commission sorts provisional ballots on way to certifying Nov. 6 election

    Just under 1,000 provisional ballots cast on Nov. 6 but not counted until almost three weeks later will be the center of attention on Monday, Nov. 26, as the Shelby County Election Commission certifies the results of the last election of 2018 in Shelby County.

    By Bill Dries November 26, 2018

  • Provisional Counting Board begins ‘time-consuming’ ballot counting

    The Provisional Counting Board, which meets once following every election, began counting provisional ballots Monday, Nov. 19.

    By Patrick Lantrip November 19, 2018

  • Numbers, trends from Election Day Nov. 6

    The day after the last election of 2018 in Shelby County was down time for politicos in the thick of statewide and district campaigns that in some cases began two years ago. And contemplation about why some efforts fell short and others didn’t. And some efforts that were still in limbo.

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2018