GMSD formally asks election commission to find new voting sites
GMSD’s Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution with the request Tuesday evening.
Topic: Shelby County Election Commission
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September 2023
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August 2023
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Voters in House District 86 go to polls one more time
Voters on the western edge of Shelby County go to the polls Thursday, Aug. 3, to elect their state representative for the fourth time this year.
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July 2023
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Memphis mayor’s field grows to 19 at filing deadline
Two council incumbents were effectively re-elected at the Thursday, July 20, deadline because they had no opposition. Two other council races drew fields of seven candidates.
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Mayor’s race has 13 contenders as the October election filing deadline nears
As council contenders weigh their options, several races are filling up. Meanwhile, two former council members have filed their petitions to get back on the body and a third is considering it.
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Early voting opens in special election for state House District 86
Democratic state Rep. Justin J. Pearson, who was expelled from the General Assembly but re-appointed by the County Commission, faces independent candidate Jeff Johnston for the House seat.
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June 2023
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Bonner and Gibson file qualifying petitions for October election
Mayoral contender Frank Colvett has pulled his petition, making him the last of the declared contenders to take the first step toward getting on the ballot.
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May 2023
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25 contenders pull October election petitions on opening day
If the last two city elections are any guide, the opening day total for qualifying petitions will be about a third of those who ultimately file for the 15 city offices by the July 20 deadline.
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Memphis City Council, mayoral hopefuls begin to pull petitions
The opening day crowd to get petitions at the Election Commission’s Downtown office had a few surprises, a party bus and even some camaraderie among competing candidates.
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April 2023
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Memphis’ mayoral residency issue is confusing. Here are the key takeaways.
The City of Memphis’ five-year residency requirement for elected officials goes back to 1905. So why is it up for debate now? And when will we know who is eligible to run for Memphis’ next mayor?
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May 1 hearing date set for city mayor residency legal dispute
Attorneys for the Shelby County Election Commission also renewed a motion to dismiss the residency lawsuit. And a notice that the commission would enforce a five-year residency requirement has been removed from its website.
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Memphis City Council delays first redistricting vote despite deadline
The Shelby County Election commission has set a hard April 15 deadline for any new district lines to be submitted to it. The council now plans to take its final vote on new district lines in May.
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March 2023
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Floyd Bonner Jr. contests residency requirement in Memphis mayor’s race
Bonner is seeking to stop enforcement of the city charter’s residency provision for candidates running for Memphis mayor.
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January 2023
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Low turnout in special elections draws questions, complaints from County Commission
The State House District 86 primaries have drawn 275 early voters through the weekend, out of the 45,000 in the district, which has raised questions.
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December 2022
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Candidates set for state House District 86 primary
The 11 who made the noon Thursday, Dec. 15, filing deadline are all in the Jan. 24 Democratic primary in the predominantly Democratic district. No one filed in the companion Republican primary.
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Shelby County November certified ballot, by the numbers
The certified vote totals from the November election show an increase in the number of provisional ballots cast and counted compared to the August elections. The votes added didn’t change any of the outcomes on the November ballot, but they did boost the turnout to 34.4%.
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November 2022
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Guest Column: Advice from a poll worker a week after Election Day
“We need more citizens preparing themselves to vote by weighing the choices to be made, making informed choices about their votes, and then showing up to vote.”
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What Tuesday’s votes say about Tennessee’s bluest county
The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast takes a closer look at the unofficial results in the Tuesday Nov. 8 election.
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Election Day remains quiet in Shelby County
Shelby County turnout up to noon Tuesday was quiet but steady, according to election officials. There were some poll book problems at the outset. Campaign literature on both sides of the partisan divide turned up at sign in tables at at least two polling places in the county Tuesday morning.
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Ballot Basics: Election Day Nov. 8, 2022
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50 voters get wrong ballots at Berclair early voting site
The Shelby County Election Commission found the problem Monday and did a review of the other 25 early voting sites before determining it was an isolated incident involving the wrong Congressional race.
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October 2022
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County Commission pares down voter-education funding sought by Election Commission
The funding is for a marketing firm to work with the Election Commission to not only explain the new voting system to voters, but also chart the areas of low voter turnout across the county.
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Mulroy: Report of voters steered away from paper ballots ‘concerns us’
The new hybrid voting system allows hand-marked paper ballots or voting on a touch-screen machine. Mulroy expressed concern that the Shelby County Election Commission was not following through on its compromise to use both voting systems.
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Early voting opens with new voting system and new trends
The Wednesday, Oct. 19, opening came with some new restrictions on campaigning near several voting sites and indications that the choice to vote on new machines or vote with a hand-marked paper ballot will be watched as closely as the vote totals.
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New voting machines prepped for start of early voting
The November ballot features four proposed amendments to the Tennessee Constitution, which will be presented by Shelby County’s new voting machines.
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Registration deadline shows changes in county’s voter demographics
The deadline to register to vote on Nov. 8 ballot is Tuesday. Shelby County Election Commission numbers from July show growth since 2020 in the numbers of voters ages 28-37 and 38-47.
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Shelby County Commission approves two midwives for Choices in post-Dobbs grant
The commission split along the same partisan lines that split a vote by the previous commission this past January on funding for the center for reproductive health that has nothing to do with abortions.
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