"A good dress rehearsal for November" Shelby County election leaders prepare for surge of mail-in p

[SheltieLover]

https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/politics/elections/shelby-county-election-leaders-prepare-to-surge-of-mail-in-primary-ballots/522-0176044a-8a29-4ad5-bd95-f654815f1394

Nearly 20 times as many ballot applications were mailed out compared to a typical primary.

Author: Brad Broders
Published: 4:29 PM CDT August 5, 2020
Updated: 6:37 PM CDT August 5, 2020

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — At Shelby County election headquarters Wednesday, the tables are set and socially distanced for 60 people to sort through and review as many as 19,000 absentee and mail-in ballot Thursday.

"We have pretty detailed plan to get that done," Shelby County Election Administrator Linda Phillips said.

Phillips said as of Tuesday, about 4,000 mail-in ballot applications hadn't been mailed back, but are eligible to be counted if they are mailed in and arrive by the time the polls close at 7:00 p.m.Thursday.

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PS - Tomorrow is primary day in the Memphis area. I voted early in person. 👍

[Karadeniz]

1. Mailed/postmarked isn't the same as arriving by a deadline. They need to allow for slow mail

Delivery.

[SheltieLover]

2. Yup

And super sloooow is the norm here. Tracked packages sit in Memphis regularly for a week or more. 🤬