There are 252 article(s) tagged Shelby County Election Commission:

• July 2022

  • Last days of early voting could bring ballots cast to 80,000

    Almost 65,000 had voted early or absentee through Thursday according to the latest figures from the state. The next-to-last day of the voting period on Fridays is usually the highest.

    By Bill Dries July 29, 2022

  • More than 7,700 cast ballots in first 2 days of early voting

    Most of the votes were cast on Friday, which was opening day. A coalition of nonpartisan groups called Shelby County Voters Alliance are planning poll parties for next Saturday at two of the early polling sites.

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2022

  • Benjamin L. Hooks Library hosts first naturalization ceremony since 2020

    Seventy-nine people from more than 30 countries were sworn in as U.S. citizens at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library Friday morning, July 15, in the first naturalization ceremony held there since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. 

    By Alicia Davidson July 15, 2022

  • Commission seeks mix of poll workers for the upcoming election day

    The Shelby County Election Commission is seeking poll workers for election day, Aug. 4, with an eye toward having a proper mix of Democrat and Republican workers.

    By Shera Avi-Yonah July 09, 2022

  • Guest column: Consider serving as an election poll worker in Shelby County

    Opinion: The Election Commission is seeking poll workers for the upcoming elections, city a “significant civic need.”

    By Mark Luttrell July 07, 2022

  • Here are the changes voters will be navigating when early voting begins

    Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips and Ian Randolph of the Shelby County Voter Alliance join the On The Record podcast to discuss the August and November elections.

    By Bill Dries July 07, 2022

  • Ballot Basics: Voter registration deadline and a look at Shelby County voters

    The deadline to register to vote the August “big ballot” is Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Here are details and links on how to register to vote. Also included are some details about what the Shelby County base of voters looks like.

    By Bill Dries July 05, 2022

• June 2022

  • New voting equipment for November arrives; early voting hours set for August ballot

    The new system includes a paper trail along with updated touch screen machines and an option to vote hand-marked paper ballots. 

    By Bill Dries June 28, 2022

  • NAACP calls for better paper ballot backups for August elections

    The Memphis Branch NAACP and other organizations say problems at an early voting location ahead of the May county primary election day have prompted their push for paper ballots as a backup. 

    By Bill Dries June 25, 2022

  • Recount confirms Henri Brooks, Miska Clay-Bibbs won Democratic primaries for County Commission

    The recount requested by two second-place finishers in the May primaries and approved by the state Democratic party’s primary board did not change the certified results.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

  • ‘Unwelcome wagon,’ Trump’s remarks in Nashville set stage for Southaven visit

    The former president, the headliner at a conservative political conference on Saturday, offered a preview during a speech in Nashville of what he is likely to say.

    By Bill Dries June 20, 2022

  • Bartlett candidates struggle to meet financial disclosure deadlines

    While political candidates are required to file financial disclosure documents as part of their campaigns, several have missed deadlines, including in Bartlett.

    By Michael Waddell June 20, 2022

  • County Commission Scorecard: New voting machines, raises over bonuses and license-plate postage

    The County Commission Scorecard tracks the votes on the end of the budget season and several unrelated longstanding controversies the commission got off its plate in a marathon June 6 meeting.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2022

  • Recounts underway in two Democratic County Commission districts

    The Shelby County Election Commission has until Monday to complete the process for primary races that each got fewer than 3,000 votes.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2022

  • Two races in Shelby County Democratic primaries get recount

    The Tennessee Democratic Party’s primary board ordered recounts for the Shelby County Commission Districts 7 and 11 races.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2022

  • Heated County Commission debate results in new voting system for November

    The commission voted to fund a new voting system with both touch-screen machines with a paper trail as well as hand-marked paper ballots. 

    By Bill Dries, Julia Baker June 09, 2022

  • Democrats urge County Commission to vote against new voting machines

    The vote could settle a nearly 20-year debate between a Democratic-majority Board of County Commissioners, which favors hand-marked paper ballots, and a Republican-majority Shelby County Election Commission, which believes ballot marking devices should be implemented.

    By Julia Baker June 03, 2022

• May 2022

  • Political Roundup: The primary issue. Do we still need them?

    A call to end county primary elections draws fire during the “On The Record” podcast as Democrats tout their countywide slate in Germantown and Republican mayoral nominee Worth Morgan opens his campaign headquarters in East Memphis.

    By Bill Dries May 31, 2022

  • Burgess reaffirms disputed Arlington subdivision is in Shelby County

    The question arose recently of whether 200 or so homes already occupied and an additional 100 homes planned are in Shelby or Fayette County.

    By Michael Waddell May 22, 2022

  • Assessor finds disputed area in Arlington is in Shelby, not Fayette

    Confusion over the Fayette-Shelby county line raised questions about a candidate’s eligibility and much deeper problems from property taxes to where students attend schools.

    By Michael Waddell May 21, 2022

  • Luttrell calls for an end to ‘insular’ county primaries

    Former county mayor Mark Luttrell’s comments come as Memphis City Council members are weighing two referendum ordinances proposed for the August ballot for city voters.

    By Bill Dries May 21, 2022

  • Election Commission certifies Shelby County May primary results

    The certified results show more than 100 additional votes than the election night unofficial totals in the one-candidate Republican primary races for Shelby County Mayor and District Attorney General. 

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2022

  • Local, state and national Republican strategist John Ryder dies

    The former Shelby County Republican Party chairman and member of the Republican National Committee, as well as its general counsel, died over the weekend at the age of 72. 

    By Bill Dries May 17, 2022

  • Certification of May county primary vote delayed to Wednesday

    The problem that delayed the certification was combining tabulations from two different systems into a single statement of votes cast. 

    By Bill Dries May 13, 2022

  • Luttrell is new chairman of Shelby County Election Commission

    Former Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell is the new chairman of the Shelby County Election Commission.

    By Bill Dries May 11, 2022