Tag: Shelby County Democratic Party
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Election Commission Loses Bid to Restrict Early Voting Days/Locations
Chancellor Jenkins amended his ruling yesterday. But the task for the Shelby County Election Commission goes well beyond opening Early Voting sites.
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Lawsuits, Locations, and Left Behind Voters
The Shelby County Election Commission is facing two lawsuits over early voting locations. How many voters are they serving and how many are left out?
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Playing Games with Early Voting
You may think, like some local media folks do, that the uproar about Early Voting for the August Shelby County General election was just another example of whining Democrats saying the sky is falling. You’d be wrong. There are a lot of good reasons for Democrats to be suspicious of the Election Commission…even under administrator…
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What Now? – SCDP Edition part ∞
As you’ve probably read by now, the Shelby County Democratic Party has been decertified by the State Democratic Party. The County party organization, which has been a hot mess for nearly al of the 12 years that I’ve lived in Memphis, never truly distinguished itself as a force for anything but highlighting how not to…
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Slow your roll…
With the election of State Senator Jim Kyle (D-Memphis) to the Chancery Court here in Shelby County, there will have to be a process to fill his State Senate seat. On the face of it, this all sounds simple enough, but State Law has complicated the issue, as it is known to do, and that’s…
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Apologies and firing squads
I was all wrapped up in pre-wedding festivities yesterday, so there’s a lot of stuff I didn’t get to react to. Since my last post, Chairman Carson has apologized for his off the cuff remarks. It takes strength to admit when you’ve made a mistake. I applaud him for that. Ready, shoot, aim The circular…