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UPTheVote901 Surprise Block Party

Name: UPTheVote901 Surprise Block Party
Start: 2018-10-31T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2018-10-31T19:00:00-05:00
Location: First Baptist Church Broad Ave

October 31, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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Date:: October 31, 2018
Time:: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Website:: https://www.facebook.com/events/495392954283142/

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First Baptist Church Broad Ave

2849 Broad Ave
Memphis, TN 38112 United States

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There has been significant conversations about polling lately.

UPTheVote901 thinks it important for Memphis/Shelby County citizens to know that we have engaged over 2000 ppl in a survey discussing issues that are important to them.

The results of this survey are codified in the #MemphisPeoplesAgenda. And the demographics of the survey mirror the makeup of Memphis.

We want everyone to REVIEW AND SHARE THIS WIDELY!!!

Let's make sure this agenda is part of the discussion when we speak about what our community wants and expects from it's civic leaders.

#BlackVotesMatter
#BlackVotersMatter
#UPTheVote901

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Can't stop.

Won't stop.

November is coming.

(And we are building with much more in mind that November's election.)

#BlackVotesMatter
#BlackVotersMatter
#UPTheVote901

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Can't stop.

Won't stop.

November is coming.

(And we are building with much more in mind that November's election.)

#BlackVotesMatter
#BlackVotersMatter
#UPTheVote901

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Shelby County General/State Primary Election numbers:

2016 - 83,308 total, 1,345 absentee (15%)

2020 - 118,501 total, 16,583 absentee (20.6%)

It's still abysmal. We still need to do much better.

That said, in the midst of a pandemic, over 30,000 more people voted in this election than the last one of its kind.

Somebody say it with us....#UPTheVote901!!!

✊🏾💪🏾🖤

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"The combined voter turnout is expected to be higher than it was four years ago for the same election cycle.

The countywide early voter turnout, including absentee ballots turned in through Saturday’s end of the 14-day period, totaled 81,313, which is nearly the total voter turnout for the same election cycle, or set of races, four years ago. The 83,308 voters — absentee, early vote and election day — were a 15% turnout in the August 2016 election.

The early vote then accounted for nearly 43,000 of the votes and there were 1,345 absentee votes cast....

While the early vote is seen as an indicator of what will happen on election day, politcos will be watching the absentee vote totals more closely than usual. Normally, the absentee votes, which are part of the early vote results that are the first to be posted election night, get little attention because they typically amount to about 1,000 votes overall.

With a court order allowing Tennessee voters to vote absentee if they have concerns about the COVID-19 virus, the absentee vote totals will be much higher.

The Shelby County Election Commission sent absentee ballots to 19,440 voters who applied for the hand-marked mail-in ballots. As of late Tuesday, the Election Commission had received 15,923 of the completed ballots."

#UPTHEVOTE901

Election features more absentees, close state races

The ballot is a mix of state and federal primary and local races for a clerk's position and five school board seats. Early voter turnout was high.

dailymemphian.com

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TODAY IS ELECTION DAY IN SHELBY COUNTY!!! PLEASE SHARE THIS POST!!!

Everyone must go to their ASSIGNED PRECINCT today. Find your precinct here: https://web.go-vote-tn.elections.tn.gov/

Polls close at 7pm. If you're in line before 7 you must be allowed to vote.

You must have a valid, state issue ID to vote.

If you have questions or experience any impropriety at the polls please email upthevote901@gmail.com.

#BlackVotesMatter
#BlackVotersMatter
#UPTheVote901

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The Tennessee Supreme Court has overturned a lower court’s ruling that would have allowed all Tennesseans to vote by mail to avoid contracting or spreading COVID-19. That means, if voters want to mail in a ballot for November’s general election, they will need a valid qualification under existin...

Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Against Expanded Absentee Voting For November Election | WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio

wpln.org

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