Friday of this week will see the beginning of early voting for the August 1st Shelby County general election and the state and federal primary elections.
The inclusive dates are Friday, July 12th, to Saturday, July 27th. (Sundays excluded.)
Monday through Friday, early voting locations are open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the exception of the Shelby County Election Commission site which is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend times for all sites are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, July 13th, and Saturday, July 20th, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 27th.
Early voting sites (in Memphis except where otherwise indicated) are:
• Abundant Grace Fellowship Church, 1574 E. Shelby Drive
• Anointed Temple of Praise, 3939 Riverdale Road
• Arlington Safe Room, 11842 Otto Lane, Arlington
• Baker Community Center, 7942 Church Road, Millington
• Briarwood Community Church, 1900 N. Germantown Parkway
• Collierville Church of Christ, 575 Shelton Drive, Collierville
• Compassion Church, 3505 S. Houston Levee Road
• Dave Wells Community Center, 915 Chelsea Avenue
• Ed Rice Community Center, 2935 N. Watkins Street
• Gaisman Community Center, 4223 Macon Road
• Glenview Community Center, 1141 S. Barksdale Street
• Greater Lewis St. Baptist Church, 152 E. Parkway N.
• Greater Middle Baptist Church, 4982 Knight Arnold Road
• Harmony Church, 6740 St. Elmo Road, Bartlett
• I.H. Clubhouse, 4523 Canada Road, Lakeland
• Mississippi Boulevard Church Family Life Center, 70 N. Bellevue Boulevard
• Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 1234 Pisgah Road
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 60 S. Parkway E.
• New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 7786 Poplar Pike, Germantown
• Raleigh United Methodist Church, 3295 Powers Road
• Riverside Missionary Baptist Church, 3560 S. Third Street
• Second Baptist Church, 4680 Walnut Grove Road
• Shelby County Election Commission, James Meredith Building, 157 Poplar Avenue
• Solomon Temple MB Church, 1460 Winchester Road
• TN Shakespeare Company, 7950 Trinity Road, Cordova
• White Station Church of Christ, 1106 Colonial Road
MSCS School Board Candidates
Along with other offices to be decided this year, five of the nine seats on the Memphis-Shelby County School Board are on the August ballot. Candidates are:
• District 2: Ernest Gillespie III, Althea Greene (incumbent), and Natalie McKinney
• District 3: Jesse Jeff, Stephanie Love (incumbent), Ozell Pace Jr., and Angela Rogers
• District 4: James Q. Bacchus, Alvin Crook, Eric Harris, Tamarques Porter, and Anecia Washington
• District 5: Mauricio Calvo (incumbent), Audrey Elion, and Sable Otey
• District 7: Chavez G. Donelson, Danielle Huggins, Frank William Johnson (incumbent), Towanna C. Murphy, and Jason Sharif