Healthy people should consider voting in person, possibly during the early voting period — and if that's not possible, start your absentee ballot process now, follow each of the instructions in detail, and mail off the final ballot as early as you can, possibly with FedEx or another service if you're close to Nov. 3.

I am hospitalized, ill or physically disabled and unable to appear at my polling place to vote (this includes persons who have underlying medical or health conditions which in their determination render them more susceptible to contracting COVID-19 or at greater risk should they contract it).

See also: List of Tennessee ballot measures and Shelby County, Tennessee ballot measures. I am a voter with a disability and my polling place is inaccessible.

If you make a mistake in any of the above steps: for instance, not signing the document, not filling in the circles completely, tearing off the affidavit flap, or mailing your ballot too late, your ballot will likely be rejected, Phillips said. I am observing a religious holiday that prevents me from voting early or on Election Day. In August, the Shelby County Election Commission rejected 230 ballots for technical errors and another 410 that arrived past the deadline — that's 640 rejections in all, or about 4% of the total, Phillips said. Beyond Warren, Sanders, Biden and Bloomberg, Tulsi Gabbard is the only other active candidate on the ballot.

All of them will appear before Warren, who appears on the second page of the Democratic ballot.

If you haven't voted in a while, or aren't sure of your voting place, you can use the state's voter registration lookup tool. The tale of the 2020 presidential election in Shelby County will be told by the voters on the rolls who show up.

The candidates are listed in the order in which they appear.

Following Biden's landslide victory in South Carolina, two of the candidates who had positioned themselves as potential alternatives — Sen. Amy Klobuchar and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg — dropped out of the race Monday. In other words, if you vote by mail, the risk is far greater that your vote won't count.

Here … That error rate is far higher than the error rate from in-person voting — Phillips says the chance of making a similar error on a voting machine is practically zero. It has been corrected. The Shelby County Election Commission has produced a video that shows you exactly what's in the absentee ballot kit and how to fill it out. Once you have completed your yellow ballot envelope, place it in the white return envelope provided.

For candidates to grab some of Tennessee's 64 delegates, they need to get over 15 percent of the vote statewide and in each of the nine congressional districts.

Early voting began Friday and will run through Aug. 1.

Beyond Tennessee and Shelby County's small, but significant, role in presidential politics, Tuesday will also be the day the field for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk will be winnowed down to two. produced a video that shows you exactly what's in the absentee ballot kit, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. They, and billionaire Tom Steyer, who dropped out Saturday, will appear on the Shelby County ballot and likely received votes during two weeks of early voting. In 2016, more than a quarter of Hillary Clinton's vote total came from Shelby County, where she won 80 percent of the vote in what is a considered a largely moderate Democrat part of the state.

Each party primary ballot also includes the general election candidates as well. In addition to the Nixon Drive address mentioned above, which is near Shelby Farms in East Memphis, the other Election Commission office is at 157 Poplar Ave, Suite 137 in Downtown. Sign your name on the signature line next to the X.

It is believed that there remains considerable goodwill for Biden in Shelby County because of his two terms as vice president under President Barack Obama. I have a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) or spouse or a person possessing a CDL or a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), will be out of county during early voting and Election Day, and have no specific out-of-county or out-of-state address to receive mail during this time. And, if Biden, Bloomberg and Warren each receive substantial vote totals, that 20 percent — if it holds or grows — could be a close second or even a narrow first-place finish in Shelby County. Once you've filed a voter registration, you may request an absentee ballot — you can send in both forms at the same time.


If there are multiple voters in the household, be sure that everyone signs the envelope that is personalized for them. The former mayor has staked his candidacy on Super Tuesday. The general election candidates are listed first, followed by the primaries.

The 901:Why Democratic presidential candidates are showing Memphis the love.

The form does need to be physically signed by you before being returned to the election official.

Also, if someone has helped you vote, a witness who is NOT the person helping you must also write their address, date of signing and signature on the envelope. Investigative reporter Daniel Connolly welcomes tips and comments from the public.

© 2020 www.commercialappeal.com. You can get a request for an absentee ballot online at ShelbyVote.com or call 901-222-6800 and ask to have the necessary form sent to you.

One of 95 Tennessee counties—1 percent—is a Pivot County. Samuel Hardiman covers Memphis city government and politics for The Commercial Appeal. No Republican candidate qualified. National-level experts likewise say the rate of discarded ballots in mail-in voting is far higher than voting in person. I am on jury duty in a state or federal court. Here's who is on the ballot.

There are 13 candidates on the ballot in the Democratic side of the General Sessions Court Clerk race.

He can be reached by email at samuel.hardiman@commercialappeal.com or followed on Twitter at @samhardiman.

Election Day, which doubles as the Shelby County general election and the state and federal party primaries, is Aug. 6. The form must be postmarked by Monday, October 5. But more than 80% of Shelby County’s voting age population is already registered. The county has the largest Democratic voting bloc in the state. Waiting that long is not recommended because you have to wait for your absentee ballot kit to arrive in the mail, then mail it back to arrive by election day — and there's probably no way to make it happen without express mail service, Phillips said. Why Democratic presidential candidates are showing Memphis the love, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy.

Mike Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, made two stops in Memphis, including one on Friday.

The Biden campaign, according to national media outlets, has targeted congressional districts that have demographics similar to South Carolina — where African Americans make up the majority of the Democratic electorate. © 2020 www.commercialappeal.com. Hand-delivered ballots will not be accepted.

To view a list of local ballot measures in Shelby County, Tennessee, click here.

Here they are as they appear on the ballot: There are four candidates on the ballot for general sessions court clerk on the Republican side. Here is the current list of acceptable reasons: October 27 is the last day your application for an absentee ballot must be received in the Election Commission's office. Mail your ballot. Select candidates by filling in and darkening the entire oval next to the candidates’ name.
This process requires a Tennessee Driver's License or Tennessee Department of Safety ID.


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