Tag: districts
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So you want to run for office…
City Elections are right around the corner. There are several open seats on the City Council, and several more that will feature unproven candidates. Maybe you’re thinking about running for office. Here’s a long, but totally incomplete rundown of all the things it takes to run. I’ve also got links for more resources scattered throughout.
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What About the School Board?
Ed. Note: For a fuller discussion of the current proposals on County redistricting, check out this post. Another issue, which is perhaps secondary to the debate on County redistricting, is that of the School Board. In the consent order from Judge Mays, the Unified School Board will go to 7 member after the unification of…
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Why It Is the Way It Is
The Memphis City Council’s districting system is unlike any other. Sure, other places have single member districts and more “at large” seats, Nashville comes to mind for instance, but few cities that faced the legal challenges that ultimately led to our current arrangement were given the latitude to basically write their own deal. In 1988,…