The cofounder of the People’s Convention says a 2023 edition of the gathering could serve to whittle down the field in this year’s race for Memphis Mayor.

The certified vote totals from the November election show an increase in the number of provisional ballots cast and counted compared to the August elections. The votes added didn’t change any of the outcomes on the November ballot, but they did boost the turnout to 34.4%.

The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast takes closer look at the unofficial results in the Tuesday Nov. 8 election and finds a lackluster show of support for the Democratic nominee for Governor in the bluest county in the state as well as interesting numbers from the four amendments to the state constitution.

Shelby County elections administrator Linda Phillips and Ian Randolph of the Shelby County Voter Alliance talked about the low turnout on The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast. 

The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast takes a closer look at the numbers in the certified vote totals from August, previews the nearly complete November ballot and features a few political notes.

The unofficial voter turnout in  Shelby County for the August 2022 big ballot election was the lowest for the election cycle since partisan county primaries began. None of the changes in totals changed outcomes in races. The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast looks at the totals from several key races and compares the vote totals of candidates across elections for the same office.

Beyond the vote totals, politicos will be considering what a Smiley victory in the Democratic primary for Governor could mean for the statewide Democratic strategy and whether the Republican strategy of trying to keep the GOP’s May county primaries unopposed worked or backfired in August.

Here is The Daily Memphian’s guide to who is who in the 57 contested and retention judicial races on the August ballot included endorsements and polling by the city’s two bar associations.

The “big ballot” that comes once every eight years in Shelby County politics has arrived with the Friday, July 15, start of the early voting period. Here are the stakes in the 163 races with 344 candidates and what has changed for voters.

Chief operating officer Doug McGowen talks about the city’s study of a long range plan for Mud Island River Park 40 years after it opened.