Election Commission offers demonstrations of new voting system
The new voting system makes its countywide debut Oct. 19 with the start of early voting in Shelby County, ahead of the Nov. 8 election day.
Topic: Shelby County Election Commission
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October 2022
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September 2022
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Nine make qualifying deadline for City Court judge special election
The Shelby County Election Commission also approved two new polling places for the Nov. 8 election day.
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August 2022
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Ballot taking shape for Nov. 8 election
The Shelby County Election Commission meets Monday, Aug. 22, to certify the August election results, including winners of the state and federal primaries from that ballot.
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Election commission certifies Aug. 4 vote
The results show 23.6% of Shelby County’s registered voters cast ballots.
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Numbers shift in unofficial vote totals day after election
The unofficial voter turnout in Shelby County for the August 2022 election was the lowest for the election cycle since partisan county primaries began.
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Polls close but glitches, lines delay release of results in 23% turnout
Voting for one of the more heated local elections in recent history closed shortly after 7 p.m. and after a delay results were finally announced.
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Shelby County’s ‘big ballot’ Election Day arrives with theme of change
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Shelby County’s ‘big ballot’ Election Day arrives with theme of change
Polls across Shelby County open Thursday, Aug. 4, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The major races on county general election ballot reflect calls for change in several areas — at times, competing calls for change.
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Early voter turnout tops 86,000 in Shelby County
The 86,637 early voters for the 14-day period ending Saturday, July 30, turned out in force for the last two days.
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July 2022
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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June 2022
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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.
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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.
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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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