Tagged: Election 2012

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Mid-South News
6:00 am
Mon November 5, 2012

Shelby County Votes On President, Sales Tax And Municipal School Boards Tomorrow

The presidential contest is expected to drive voter turnout across the nation and the state. Almost 1.5 million Tennesseans cast ballots early. That’s the second-highest early voting turnout in state history, just shy of 2008 totals.

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Mid-South News
6:00 am
Tue October 23, 2012

Sales Tax Referendum Enflames Tensions Between Memphis And Its Suburbs

The Agricenter early voting location in Memphis.

Early voting is underway and residents in Memphis and the unincorporated county are voting on a half-cent sales tax increase.

Outside the early voting location at the Agricenter, Nancy Ream said she and her husband voted for the sales tax increase, “my understanding is that it is supposed to go for Pre-K money and this is a community that really does need money for Pre-K, for kids under five. We need to get those kids in school as fast as possible.”

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