Voter registration deadline is Tuesday
Tuesday marks the deadline to be able to register to vote in next month’s general election.
Applications to register to vote must be postmarked or received by the Shelby County Election Commission by Oct. 9, and absentee ballots must be requested from the commission by Oct. 30.
Early voting runs from Oct. 17 to Nov. 1.
Voters in Shelby County will weigh in Nov. 6 on federal, state and local races. U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and state lawmaker seats are up for re-election, and Tennessee voters will choose a new governor.
Voters in Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland and Millington will choose winners in a number of local races.
Residents with a Tennessee Driver’s License or a Tennessee Department of Safety ID can use the online system to register to vote or update registration information, by visiting http://govotetn.com/.
Applications to register to vote can be mailed to the Shelby County Election Commission, 980 Nixon Dr., Memphis, TN. 38134. Applications can also be hand-delivered to that location, or the downtown Memphis office at 157 Poplar Ave., Suite 137, Memphis, TN. 38103.
Jamie Munks is the Memphis city government and politics reporter for The Commercial Appeal. She can be reached at 901-481-6416, jamie.munks@commercialappeal.com or on Twitter @journo_jamie_.