The future of District 9, plus primary voting
Today, May 5, is the Shelby County primary election, in which we'll be narrowing down candidates for mayor, sheriff and all host of other offices. In the past week, however, voting has become a very hot topic around the country — especially in Memphis. After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, two Republican candidates for Tennessee governor suggested that Memphis' 9th district should be redrawn in an attempt to turn the state red. Pretty quickly, Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee called for a special session of the legislature, which also starts today…
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