The power we hold: What you are really doing when you vote

Campaign signs are posted across the city, and unsolicited texts are arriving faster than you can reply “STOP.” It’s time to vote. Again. Some of you are probably asking, “But wasn’t there a big election last year?” The answer is yes, but not for Memphis or Shelby County, specifically. In December, 14 Tennessee counties held an election asking voters to fill the seat left open by U.S. Rep. Mark Green’s resignation in the 7th Congressional District, which includes communities in Middle and West Tennessee. 

The power we hold: What you are really doing when you vote

Campaign signs are posted across the city, and unsolicited texts are arriving faster than you can reply “STOP.” It’s time to vote. Again.

Some of you are probably asking, “But wasn’t there a big election last year?” The answer is yes, but not for Memphis or Shelby County, specifically. In December, 14 Tennessee counties held an election asking voters to fill the seat left open by U.S. Rep. Mark Green’s resignation in the 7th Congressional District, which includes communities in Middle and West Tennessee.