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Mail the application to the Shelby County Election Commission, 980 Nixon Dr., Memphis, TN 38134. Mailing your voter application will require you to vote in person in the first election with a ...
Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), is a landmark decision [1] of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Section 5, which requires certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices; and subsection (b) of Section 4 ...
The coverage formula, contained in Section 4(b) of the Act, determines which states are subject to preclearance. As enacted in 1965, the first element in the formula was whether, on November 1, 1964, the state or a political subdivision of the state maintained a "test or device" restricting the opportunity to register and vote.
The jurisdictions which had previously been covered by the coverage formula massively increased the rate of voter registration purges after the Shelby decision. [15] In 2021, the Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee Supreme Court ruling reinterpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, substantially weakening it.
About three weeks before the May primary election, a letter landed in the mailboxes of about 240 registered Spencer County voters, informing them they would now vote in Shelby County.
Need a quick guide to the Aug. 1 primary and county general election ballot in Shelby County? Here's a rundown to help you decide.
All U.S. states and territories, except North Dakota, require voter registration by eligible citizens before they can vote in federal, state and local elections. In North Dakota, cities in the state may register voters for city elections, [1] and in other cases voters must provide identification and proof of entitlement to vote at the polling place before being permitted to vote.
Voters in Memphis and Shelby County will cast their votes Thursday in numerous primary elections as well as the race for General Sessions Court Clerk.