Aug. 1 primary, school board elections: Everything to know about early voting in Memphis

Early voting for the Aug. 1 primary and county-wide general election will start July 12 and run through July 27.

The general election for the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk and elections for five Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seats will be held during this election, in addition to party primaries for federal and state races.

For court clerk, Tami Sawyer, a former Shelby County Commission member and Memphis mayoral candidate, is the Democratic candidate and Lisa Arnold will be the Republican candidate. Twenty-one people are running for the five school board seats, including four incumbents.

Who is on the ballot on Aug. 1?

The only county-wide election in 2024 will be the General Sessions Court Clerk for Shelby County, but there are multiple primary races for U.S. Senate and multiple Tennessee General Assembly seats.

For a full list of candidates for the Aug. 1 primary, please read The Commercial Appeal's story on the full list of candidates who qualified.

Who can vote early in the Aug. 1 primary and Shelby County general election?

Any person eligible to vote in the presidential primary and county primary election can vote during the early voting period. To be able to vote in the primary, you must reside in Shelby County and also have valid voter registration.

To check if your voter registration is valid, please visit the Tennessee Secretary of State website.

When and where can you vote early in Shelby County, Tennessee?

Early voting locations are hosted throughout Shelby County and are open Monday to Saturday.

Early voting locations are open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Times for Saturday locations vary by week.

The first and second Saturday of early voting, July 13 and July 20, early voting polling locations will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The last Saturday of early voting, July 27, locations will be open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

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Times for all locations will be the same with the exception of the Shelby County Election Commission, which will be open on weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Saturday's 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Early voting is held at the Shelby County Election Commission's Downtown location in the James Meredith Building at 157 Poplar Ave.

The Shelby County Election Commission has early voting locations and times listed on its website. Here is a list of all the early voting locations:

• Abundant Grace Fellowship Church, 1574 E. Shelby Dr. in Memphis
• Anointed Temple of Praise, 3939 Riverdale Rd. in Memphis
• Arlington Safe Room, 11842 Otto Ln. in Arlington
• Baker Community Center, 7942 Church St. in Millington
• Briarwood Church, 1900 N. Germantown Pkwy in Memphis
• Collierville Church of Christ, 575 Shelton Rd. in Collierville
• Compassion Church, 3505 S Houston Levee Rd. in Germantown
• Dave Wells Community Center, 915 Chelsea Ave. in Memphis
• Ed Rice Community Center, 2907 N Watkins St. in Memphis
• Gaisman Community Center, 4221 Macon Rd. in Memphis
• Glenview Community Center, 1141 S Barksdale St. in Memphis
• Greater Lewis Street Baptist Church, 152 E. Parkway N. in Memphis
• Greater Middle Baptist Church, 4982 Knight Arnold Rd. in Memphis
• Harmony Church, 6740 St Elmo Rd. in Bartlett
• I. H. Clubhouse Lakeland, 4523 Canada Rd. in Lakeland
• Mississippi Blvd. Church - Family Life Center, 70 N. Bellevue Blvd in Memphis
• Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 1234 Pisgah Rd. in Cordova
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 60 S. Parkway E. in Memphis
• New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 7786 Poplar Pike in Germantown
• Raleigh United Methodist Church, 3295 Powers Rd. in Memphis
• Riverside Missionary Baptist Church, 3560 S. Third St. in Memphis
• Second Baptist Church, 4680 Walnut Grove Rd. in Memphis
• Solomon Temple MB Church, 1460 Winchester Rd. in Memphis
• TN Shakespeare Company, 7950 Trinity Rd. in Cordova
• White Station Church of Christ, 1106 Colonial Rd. in Memphis

For more information about early voting, please visit the Shelby County Election Commission's website.

Brooke Muckerman covers Shelby County Government for The Commercial Appeal. She can be reached at (901) 484-6225, brooke.muckerman@commercialappeal.com and followed on X, formerly known as Twitter @BrookeMuckerman.