Voters to Have Their Say Thursday -- Community to Feel Impact of Elections

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Some time Saturday, the final day of early voting for Thursday's elections, turnout in Shelby County was set to exceed 90,000, or 15 percent of the 600,341 voters.

It was a pace that exceeded all previous August elections in early voting, though it lagged the historic turnout of the last important multi-race election here, the 2008 presidential election.

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Voters to Have Their Say Thursday -- Community to Feel Impact of Elections

In many ways, however, the results of Thursday's elections will have a much greater impact on the lives of voters and their communities.

Much is at stake, from the smallest county commission district to congressional primaries with huge national implications to the highest office in the state.

Shelby County might elect to give a...

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