There are 85 article(s) tagged early voting:

• April 2022

  • Ballot Basics: Early Voting Begins

    Early voting for the Shelby County primaries is April 13-28. Here is everything to know the ballot, the basics of early voting and what turnout in this election cycle has looked like in the past.

    By Bill Dries April 13, 2022

  • Judge denies bid to open additional early voting locations Wednesday

    The ruling on a motion Monday, April 11, means early voting in advance of the May 3 election day opens Wednesday at a single Downtown site. The other 25 early voting sites open the Monday after Easter Sunday.

    By Bill Dries April 11, 2022

  • The return of the ‘People’s Convention’

    Earle Fisher of UpTheVote 901 talks about the return of the political gathering begun in 2019 and the state of the city’s new activism that has mixed campaigning for causes with campaigning for elective office.

    By Bill Dries April 08, 2022

  • City Council urges early voting expansion in county primaries

    In addition to the voting-expansion resolution, Council action included the Liberty Park contract, more time for Parkside at Shelby Farms and the end of the latest consolidation push.

    By Bill Dries April 05, 2022

  • Lawsuit challenges limited opening of early voting sites before Easter

    The Memphis Branch NAACP, along with two other organizations, has filed a lawsuit against the Shelby County Election Commission.

    By Bill Dries April 02, 2022

• March 2022

  • Coalition says limiting first days of early voting to one site is unfair

    The Election Commission’s decision not to open early-voting sites at churches during the Easter weekend is renewing charges of voter suppression.

    By Bill Dries March 09, 2022

• March 2021

  • Opinion: Voter suppression efforts still on the minds of state GOP lawmakers

    Among the misguided proposals presented at the Tennessee Legislature, none would have as much negative impact on the majority of Tennesseans as the bill introduced last week to abolish early voting in the state.

    By Otis Sanford March 01, 2021

• October 2020

  • Inside the election process: how and where absentee, early voting ballots are counted

    Election officials put trust in people’s respect for meticulous process.

    By David Waters October 31, 2020

  • How Ryan Silverfield and the Tigers are approaching Election Day

    In total, 76 members of the Memphis football team are registered to vote, and many already have filed ballots.

    By Steven Johnson October 28, 2020

  • Opinion: Worth waiting in line

    “I have never considered a single vote of mine to be wasted, because it was my vote, mine alone to make, and proof of my participation as a citizen of this city, state, and country, and of the privilege and responsibility of that citizenship.”

    By Dan Conaway October 23, 2020

  • Opinion: Trump fatigue is fueling Shelby’s massive voter turnout

    The massive turnout is being driven in large part by the laser-focused desire to get Trump and his enablers out of the White House. But turnout also is being fueled to a lesser degree by Trump supporters.

    By Otis Sanford October 22, 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Back to school, early voting, the most Memphis meal and more

    Chris Herrington says he’s worried about kids going back to school, but worried about them not going back to school, and is rooting for SCS to find a safe way to do it. Plus, nine more opinions.

    By Chris Herrington October 22, 2020

  • Early voting near 200,000 mark with one week in pre-election day period

    Thursday marks one week to the end of early voting in the presidential general election. While turnout has slipped a bit after the weekend, it is still ahead of the early voting count at this point for the three previous elections in the cycle.

    By Bill Dries October 21, 2020

  • North Memphis poll worker fired for turning away voters

    The firing was confirmed by an election commission spokesperson after state Rep. Antonio Parkinson posted about the change in personnel Sunday on social media.

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2020

  • Nearly 27,000 cast ballots in bold opening day of early vote

    Voters lined up before the doors opened Wednesday at 26 early-voting sites across Shelby County and kept coming through the morning. Early voting continues through Oct. 29. Election Day is Nov. 3.

    Related Story: Ballot Basics: Voting Absentee and Lessons from August

    By Bill Dries October 15, 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Are early voting lines in Memphis a sign of enthusiasm, or a sign of a problem?

    Historically, I’m an Election Day voter. This year, I’m planning to break precedent. We’re in a pandemic. Everything’s a little unsettled. Well, everything except my personal ballot, which will be short on truly contested races and even shorter on indecision.

    By Chris Herrington October 15, 2020

  • Ballot Basics: Early Voting Oct. 14-29

    Here is what you need to know about voting early in the presidential general election in Shelby County, from voting locations to how to know what races will be on your specific ballot.

    By Bill Dries October 13, 2020

• July 2020

  • Absentee ballot count stands at about 11,000, Phillips says

    So far, the return by voters of the unusually high number of the mail-in ballots hasn't shown up in the early voting turnout figures. Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips told county commissioners Wednesday, July 22, that some absentee voters may not complete their ballots because they are expecting to see the presidential general election that is on the November ballot.

    By Bill Dries July 22, 2020

  • About 8,000 of 15,000 requested absentee ballots mailed so far

    The deadline to request an absentee ballot is July 30, so more ballot requests are on the way. Meanwhile, a total of 12,314 Shelby County voters have cast their ballots -- absentee and through in-person early voting -- in the first three days of the period that runs through Aug. 1. Election day is Aug. 6. 

    By Bill Dries July 21, 2020

  • Calvo withdraws from SCS race, backs Harris in challenge of McCormick

    Mauricio Calvo’s withdrawal accented the opening day of early voting in Memphis. Preliminary numbers show more than 5,000 people voted early Friday. In getting out of the District 5 school board race, Calvo cited his duties as executive director of Latino Memphis and the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on Latino Memphians. 

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2020

  • Ballot Basics: Early voting July 17-Aug. 1

    Here are the basics you need to know in order to vote early and make sure your ballot has all of the races it is supposed to have, including district races.

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2020

  • Early voting opens in first Shelby County election during pandemic

    More than 13,000 Shelby Countians had requested absentee ballots through Wednesday.

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2020

  • Nearly 8,000 cast ballots in first 2 days of early voting

    Early voting across Shelby County in advance of the Aug. 6 election date resumes Monday, July 20, after the first two days drew nearly 8,000 voters.

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2020

• June 2020

  • Early voting sites are set, with one change

    Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova is replaced by Briarwood Church among the 26 locations that open for July 17 for the early voting period in advance of the Aug. 6 election day. State and federal primaries as well as county general elections are on the ballot. And more than 5,000 citizens have applied so far to vote by absentee ballots in the election.

    By Bill Dries June 25, 2020

• February 2020

  • Democratic presidential camps emerge to boost early voting

    The first numbers from the start of early voting are strong and much higher than the same point in early voting four years ago. 

    By Bill Dries February 14, 2020