Super Tuesday voting underway in Shelby County

Steffany Uthe
·2 min read

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — WREG News Channel 3 is your local election headquarters, and today is Super Tuesday, one of the biggest days when it comes to preparing for the November election.

Polls open across Tennessee at 7 a.m. and will stay open until 7 p.m. In Arkansas, you can vote from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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Linda Phillps with Shelby County’s Administration of Elections, says the process for voters should run more smoothly and quickly.

“The new machines are making this process so much easier. When we had the old machines for early voting we had almost 400 machines we had to close out. Now, we have 26,” Phillips said.

This will help with getting results back quicker.  But for Thomas Bolden, his vote almost didn’t count.

“They scanned my ID and they said I already voted,” Bolden told WREG. “I was there for 45 minutes. They kept calling but no one could correct it. They finally did something and let me vote.”

We reached out to the Shelby County Election Commission to see what happened. They said:

“We regret any voter having a longer-than-usual time at the polls, but sometimes extra eligibility verification is necessary to protect election integrity. We train our poll workers to be extremely cautious and guard against voters trying to vote more than once. We’re not saying that’s the case here. However, in rare instances, a few voters have tried. Therefore, we must do our diligence and verify when there’s any question or potential confusion.”

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If you plan on getting out to vote Tuesday in Tennessee, here is a look at who you will see on your ballot: For Republicans, you have eight choices including former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. For the Democratic primary ballot, only Biden is listed.

Hundreds of delegates are up for grabs in 15 states including Tennessee and Arkansas– as well as American Samoa.

Monday night, the GOP front-runner, former President Donald Trump swept the North Dakota GOP caucuses.

It followed the release of the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision, which says states cannot disqualify Trump from the ballot.

For Republican rival Nikki Haley, it’s a make-or-break night amid growing GOP calls for her to drop out of the race.

However, over the weekend, she picked up her first primary win in Washington D.C.

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Those same polls show President Joe Biden currently four points behind Trump in a head-to-head matchup.

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