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NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 2 INSIDE THE GUIDE

Introduction From The Equity Alliance 4 Letter from Shelby County Mayor 5 Voter Registration Requirements & Deadlines 6 Voter ID Requirements 6 Absentee Ballot New Law 6 Tips for Voting during the COVID-19 Pandemic 7 2020 Election Calendar 11 What’s on the Ballot 11 Candidate Profile & Elected Office Definitions 12 Early Voting Times & Locations 46 Election Day Polling Location & Hours 46 Getting Your Voter Rights Restored 47 Voting as a College Student 48 Poll Watch: Being Turned Away 48 2020 Census 49 Contacting the Election Commission 51

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 3 What a time to be alive! At the start of 2020, we already expected this year's election to be the most important of our lifetime. What we didn't expect was to be voting during an unprecedented global pandemic and amid Dear Shelby widespread civil unrest and protests against racism. This historical moment is calling for all of us to take direct action that reflects our morals and values. The buck stops with you on Election Day.

Decisions are made everyday on behalf of you, me and our community at different levels of government. As County Voter: constituents of elected officials, it is our right to choose the best person to represent our interest on issues such as policing, public health, school reopening, voting accessibility amid a pandemic, infrastructure, disbursement of the city budget, and a host of other issues. It is our right to choose the best person who chooses to show up to the table to be our extended voice.

This upcoming Aug 6 election will be your opportunity to say who you want to vouch for you at the state and federal levels. Memphis is choosing United States Senators, House of Representatives, State Senators, State House of Representatives, and Shelby County School Board Members. We need to make sure the people in our circle are registered to vote by the July 7 deadline. We also need to stay vigilant and stay informed on the real-time changes happening to our voting process. A Nashville judge ruled that COVID-19 is a valid reason for every Tennessee voter to request an absentee ballot. No one should have to choose between their health and their right to vote, so be sure to complete your absentee ballot application by July 30. Detailed instructions can be found in this Guide.

No candidate is perfect but who will best represent your beliefs and values? Who is making what's important to you important to them? Who has the better plan to engage the community in reopening the schools and businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic? Who has the better healthcare policy plan? Who has the better plan to reform or abolish policing. Who is collaborating with other elected officials to maximize their policy change efforts? Who is truly going to bring hope to our communities beyond words, tweets and ancyf slogans?

The Equity Alliance equips Black Tennesseans and other communities of color with the proper information in the civic process so we all can show up informed on Election Day. The Equity Alliance is proud to provide you our 2020 Tennessee Voter Guide, a free, nonpartisan, public resource for Memphis voters to be informed. In this guide, you'll find unbiased candidate profiles, a description of what each elected office does, polling locations and hours, voter ID requirements, a reminder to fill out your Census form. Our goal is to empower you to exercise your right to vote as a means to bring a balance of power to these public offices.

Thank you to our community partners, DENOR Brands and Public Relations, 529 Graphics, Tell Publishing, and our volunteers and distribution partners for their contributions to the 2020 Tennessee Voter Guide. Be sure to share the guide with your family, neighbors, friends, customers and on social media. Visit www.TNVoterguides. com to access our mobile-friendly site and obtain your free copy.

Stay vigilant,

Charlane Oliver Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director The Equity Alliance

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 4 NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 5 VOTER REGISTRATION Voter Registration Requirements Voter Registration Deadlines

To be eligible to register to vote in Davidson County, Tennessee, all The August 6 election's voter registration deadline is Tuesday, July 7 by close of the following qualifications must be met: of business. Deadlines can creep up quickly. Make sure you're registered to vote! • You must be a United States citizen, New registrations must be postmarked or delivered to the Shelby County Election • You must be a legal resident of Shelby County when submitting a voter Commission no later than thirty (30) days before an election, in order to vote in that registration application, election; that is state law. • You must be 18 years of age or older by the date of the next election, • You must not have been convicted of a felony or, if you have such a conviction, have your voting rights restored as required by state law, and Voter ID Requirements • You must submit a properly completed voter registration application at All voters must present a federal or Tennessee state ID containing the voter's name least 30 days before an upcoming election. and photograph when voting at the polls, whether voting early or on Election Day unless an exemption applies. Acceptable forms of ID include, even if expired: Ways To Register To Vote • Tennessee driver's license with your photo Online Voter Registration: https://ovr.govote.tn.gov/.You must have a • United States passport Tennessee driver's license or Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security ID in order to submit this application online. If you do not have a • Tennessee Department of Safety photo ID Tennessee driver's license or Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland • Photo ID* issued by the federal or Tennessee state government Security ID, you will be able to print the voter registration form and submit by mail. • United States Military photo ID (active or retired) Register in Person: • Tennessee handgun carry permit with your photo Paper Registration: You may complete a paper form at the Shelby County Election commission office, Department of Safety (motor vehicles division), Department of Health (WIC program), public libraries,and many other designated government agencies.

Once you complete the form, you may either mail-in the application to: Shelby County Election Commission: 980 Nixon Dr Memphis, TN 38134 These photo IDs may be or hand-deliver applications to: expired, unless you are Shelby County Election Commission Downtown Office 157 Poplar Ave, Suite 137 voting in Shelby County Memphis, TN 38103 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday for the first time. Student IDs, library cards and OR DID YOU photo IDs issued by cities, 980 Nixon Dr Memphis, TN 38134 counties and other states 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday KNOW: may not be used.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 6 Absentee Ballots Now Available for Request due to COVID-19 Pandemic Reason

Tips for Voting During the COVID-19 Pandemic

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 7 Chancery Court Order On June 4, Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle ruled that the state must provide all eligible voters the option to vote absentee in the August and November elections this year. The court ordered the state to:

Provide any eligible voter who applies to vote by mail in order to avoid transmission or contraction of COVID-19, an absentee ballot in upcoming elections during the pendency of pandemic circumstances.

Allow those voters who determine it is impossible or unreasonable to vote in-person at a polling place due to the COVID-19 situation to check the box on the absentee ballot application that says they are ill and have that absentee voting request duly processed by the State in accordance with Tennessee law.

Prominently post on their websites and disseminate to county election officials that voters who do not wish to vote in person due to COVID-19 are eligible to request an Absentee Ballots absentee ballot. The Coordinator of Elections issued guidance to local officials the Now Available for following morning to not immediately comply with the court’s decision: On June 4, Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle ruled that the state must provide all eligible voters the option to vote absentee in the August and November elections this Request due to year. The court ordered the state to: The state told locals not to send out any absentee applications or update their websites or forms yet as the state was working on language. COVID-19 If a voter asks for an absentee application because of COVID-19, locals were instructed to take the information but wait until either the state form had been updated or a stay is Pandemic not granted. That same evening, the Coordinator of Elections informed locals that the state website and application form had been updated and instructed Reason counties to either use the state form or update theirs with the same language: The state website now reads, “Pursuant to the June 4, 2020 Order of the Davidson County Chancery Court, if you are a registered voter and do not wish to vote in-person due to the COVID-19 situation, you are eligible to request an absentee ballot by mail. You also have the option to vote in-person during early voting or on Election Day.”

Email: [email protected] Phone: (901) 222-6800 Fax: (901) 222-6811 Mail: Shelby County Election Commission Attn: Absentee Department PO Box 342798 Bartlett, TN 38184-2798 New language has also been added to the absentee eligibility categories NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 8 on the state website: “You have determined it is impossible or unreasonable to vote in-person at a polling place due to the COVID-19 situation, and therefore qualify as hospitalized, ill or disabled and unable to appear at your polling place.” The state's absentee request application also has the same language listed as a reason the voter may check for requesting to vote by mail.

On June 9, plaintiffs filed a contempt motion against the state for alleged violations of the judge’s order to immedi- What This Means for Absentee Voting If and until the court stays the injunction, the Chancery Court Order stands. ately begin supplying mail-in ballots to voters who request Any voter may now request an absentee ballot if she is concerned about one. appearing in person at a polling place because of COVID-19.

The plaintiffs argue the state's creation of a new eligibility cat- While the state has updated the eligibility language on its website and absen- egory (rather than allowing voters to check the “illness” excuse) tee ballot request form, the Coordinator of Elections has indicated that coun- wasn't permitted by the court order and allows election officials to ties will only send out absentee ballots if the court's later decisions require it. segregate these voters' requests and refrain from processing them. Voters who submit absentee ballot requests indicating COVID-19 concerns as Chancellor Lyle is expected to hold a hearing on the contempt their reason will thus not immediately have their applications processed. charge on June 11. What happens next could confuse many voters: If courts ultimately side with the state, counties may or may not be required to mail ballots to those voters who applied for them during the time Chancellor Lyle allowed it. The state emphasized this potential confusion in its motion to stay Chancellor Lyle's Attorney General Appeal Ruling. On June 6, the Attorney General filed motions in Davidson County Chancery Court seeking an immediate appeal and a stay pending the The timeline of these actions is unclear: We do not yet know when the appeal. state's appeals will be exhausted or how long the state will wait to mail absentee ballots to voters pending a final decision from the courts. The state argues that the injunction will cause irreparable harm in multiple ways: Important Reminders: From the burden that it places on counties to process “a dramat- ic influx” of absentee ballot requests and the need to hire people to Counties will accept absentee ballot requests until July 30 count the ballots and acquire the space needed to process more ballots. Voters are required to mail absentee ballots to the election commission so that it is received by Election Day (August 6). Voters From the costs to counties (while simultaneously cutting budgets should submit requests and return ballots as soon as possible. across the board) for purchasing and mailing “thousands, if not millions” of absentee ballots that cannot be recovered (if the ruling If a voter is mailed an absentee ballot and then decides to vote in is overturned). person (either because they changed their mind or they didn't receive the ballot), they will be required to vote a provisional ballot And to the integrity of the elections. The state argues that rush- ing to expand absentee leads to disenfranchisement and points to examples from other states expanding absentee this year where ballots were not received or returned in time, discovered after Elec- tion Day and rejected. The state also requested the court to stay the preliminary injunction pending appeal in order to prevent the above irreparable harm.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 9 Mail-in Absentee Ballots are optional. The new law requires an option to list COVID-19 as a reason to mail-in your vote. Must apply for the ballot at https://www.shelbyvote.com/voting-absentee by July 30. Once approved, the completed ballot must be mailed in by Election Day at 7 p.m. to be counted. If you're going to do in-person voting, make sure your address is updated to limit the amount of time you have to be in the polling TIPS FOR VOTING station. Use this link to update your address: https://ovr.govote.tn.gov Consider early voting during times when there aren't huge crowds and you have the option to choose which polling location to vote. Visit DURING THE page 47 of this guide for early voting locations and times. To minimize the amount of time at the polling station, review the COVID-19 Nashville Voter Guide so you'll know who you're voting for before you get there.

Pandemic Follow guidelines issued by public health officials, including safe While voting is important, voting safely is more important while practices when in a public setting like wearing a mask and gloves and COVID-19 is still running rampant. As you decide which method practicing social distancing - staying 6 feet apart from everyone. of voting is suitable for you, keep these tips in mind for the upcoming August 6 State and Federal Primary, Local General Bring your own ink pen to sign documents Election. Bring your own disposable gloves and stylus pen to use on the touchscreen while using the voting machine Do not take additional people with you who are unable to vote Use hand sanitizer before and after you use the voting machine If you are sick or test positive for COVID-19, please stay home

Did you know that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends a DID YOU cloth face mask that covers your mouth and nose that is secured under your chin? Make sure you can breathe easily and do not touch the mask once you KNOW: put it on; if you do, wash your hands in soap and water immediately.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 10 2020 Election Calendar July 7 Voter Registration Deadline July 17 Early Voting Begins July 30 Last Day to Request an Absentee Ballot August 1 Early Voting Ends August 6 Shelby County Election Day

AUGUST 6TH BALLOT MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY ELECTIONS

FEDERAL PRIMARIES United States Senate United States House of Representatives - Congressional District 8 • 9 STATE PRIMARIES Tennessee State Senate District 30 • 32 Tennessee State House of Representatives Districts 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 90 • 91 • 93 • 95 • 97 • 98 • 99 State Executive Committee Districts 29 • 33 LOCAL GENERAL ELECTION Shelby County School Board Divisions 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 7 Municipal Judge, Town of Collierville

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 11 UNITED STATES SENATE PROFILES

UNITED STATES SENATE Each state is represented by two (2) Senators; therefore there are a total of 100 Senators in Congress. A Senator helps create laws with the House of Representatives and serve on committees. Due to the high volume and complexity of its work, the Senate divides its tasks among 20 permanent committees, 4 joint committees, and occasionally temporary committees. The majority leader and minority leader are elected by their respective party conferences to serve as the chief Senate spokesmen for their parties and to manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. The Senate has the power to confirm federal judges and try impeachment hearings that the House will start. U.S. Senators are elected to 6-year terms, and approximately one-third of the total membership of the Senate is elected every two years.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 12 GARY G. DAVIS

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None DID YOU KNOW: Employment/Occupation: financial advisor, part-time bakery worker. Education: Attended Marshall University Early voting is a great way to beat Top Three Issues: the long lines on Election Day. You • Partisan Gridlock • Deficit Spending can vote at one of many locations • Affordable Care Act open, and it gives you more control over fitting voting into your busy schedule.

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] MARQUITA Website: .marquitabradshaw.com ROBIN Website: robinforsenate.com Facebook: facebook.com/Bradshaw2020Senate Facebook: Robin Kimbrough Hayes for United States Senate BRADSHAW Twitter: twitter.com/Bradshaw2020 KIMBROUGH Twitter: robin4senate Instagram: www.instagram.com/bradshaw2020Senate HAYES Instagram: kimbroughhayestn Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: I have extensive experience in the environmental justice movement and as an Employment/Occupation: Meharry Mwwedical College, Chaplain and Ombudsman advocate for human rights. Education: Bachelor of Arts from Fisk University, Doctor of Jurisprudence from Emory School of Law, Master of Education: University of Memphis Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School Community Affiliations: Defense Depot Memphis, TN-Concerned Citizens Committee Youth Terminating Pollution Community Affiliations: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, NAACP, Nashville Branch, Women’s Political Caucus, (Founding member) Mid-South Peace & Justice Center. Interdenominational Ministers Fellowship, Nashville Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Top Three Issues: Top Three Issues: • Education • Criminal Justice Reform: Fight for racial equity in policing, sentencing, courts, decriminalizing marijuana, • Healthcare increased funding for neighborhoods through housing and education, and reducing domestic and gun violence. • Environment • Healthcare: Support Medicare for All, increased funding for mental health, a woman’s right to choose and full rights for LGBTQIA, innovative farming practices for our food supply, and adoption of the Green New Deal to address the health of our climate. • Labor: Work to increase the minimum wage to at least $15, protect rights of workers, social security, and the Older Americans Act. Pass equal pay for equal work.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 13 Email: [email protected] JAMES Website: jamesmackler.com CLIFFORD Facebook: JamesMackler MACKLER Twitter: James Mackler ADKINS

Candidate Status: Open Seat Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Open Seat Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Attorney, U.S. Army veteran (helicopter pilot in the 101st Airborne Division, enlisted after Education: Austin Peay University 9/11) Education: Duke University and law degree from University of Washington Community Affiliations: Active member of the Tennessee Air National guard, member of Reform Synagogue The Temple; married to Rabbi Shana Goldstein Mackler Email: [email protected] NATASHA Website: brooksforsenate.org Top Three Issues: Facebook: BrooksforSenate • Without change I am worried about the future for my family and yours. My wife and I want to raise our two BROOKS Instagram: brooksforsenate2020 daughters in a nation that celebrates the best of America: an open and welcoming place that is driven by opportunity and ingenuity; a country motivated by courage, not fear; a society where we seek justice, strive Candidate Status: Open Seat Previous elected offices held: None for equality, and embrace our neighbors. Employment/Occupation: Owner/Director of The Brooks Academy, a home-school institution Education: Prairie View A&M University. Top Three Issues: • I believe in better living and health benefits for Military Veterans • I support the funding of mental health services for Americans living in certain circumstances. • I believe that future college tuition ought to be determined by the current annual cost-of-living. Email: [email protected] MARK Website: pickrell2020.net Facebook: mark.pickrell.372 PICKRELL Twitter: MarkPickrell3

Candidate Status: Open Seat Previous elected offices held: None Email: [email protected] BYRON Website: bushforsenate.com Facebook: BushforSenate Employment/Occupation: Attorney, Entrepreneur BUSH Education: Harvard University, University of Tennessee Community Affiliations: Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School; coaches the Vanderbilt National Moot Candidate Status: Open Seat Previous elected offices held: None Court Team; ordained Baptist deacon; teaches Sunday School to youth; member of First Baptist Church, Nashville. Top Three Issues: Employment/Occupation: Dentist, educator • Emergency Action — stabilize the economy and protect the American people, without bailing out Wall Street Education: Tennessee State University, Meharry Medical College, Trevecca Nazarene University • Financial Market Reform — build a more stable foundation for our economy Community Affiliations: Governor’s Alliance for a Drug Free Tennessee Founder, Never Ever Drugs campaign Save the Children Coalition, Tennessee Republican Party Statewide Issues and Platform Committee Chairman, • Health Insurance — improve availability and flexibility, while reducing costs Tennessee delegate to two Presidential Conventions, Board member of Nashville’s First Church of the Nazarene Top Three Issues: • Tennessee Values - Faith, Family and Truth • Judicial Integrity - I will work to Drain the Swamp in D.C. and Tennessee! • Jobs and Opportunity - I will fight back against Big Government

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 14 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ROY Website: copetn2020.com TOM Website: temersjr.wixsite.com/tomemersonjr Facebook: copetn2020.com Facebook: tomsenate DALE Twitter: CopeTN2020 EMERSON JR. COPE Instagram: CopeTN2020 Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Open Seat Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Pharmacist Employment/Occupation: Retired after 44 years in Information Technology; U.S. Navy veteran Education: Doctor of Pharmacy Community Affiliations: Treasurer, Secretary, and Chairperson of a Republican District in Shelby County (Memphis); Treasurer and Secretary in the Tipton County Republican Party. Community Affiliations: Member ICBC (International Community Baptist Church), FAAGC (Filipino American Association of Greater Chattanooga) Top Three Issues: Top Three Issues: • Term Limits • Giving a voice back to the forgotten working/middle-class and not the choice of special interest or the • Veterans Affairs political elite in Washington. • Health Insurance • All things Healthcare; Preventative, Affordable, and Access including TN’s high rural hospital closures rate and mergers. • The practice of pharmacy transparency, drug prices, and the disenfranchising of patients and undue burdens on staff. ***Bonus Student loan repayments missing tax expense benefits.

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] TERRY Website: dicusfirm.com GEORGE Website: realsolutionsfortn.com Facebook: TheDicusFirm/?ref=page internal Facebook: george.flinn DICUS Twitter: CopeTN2020 FLINN JR. Twitter: GeorgeFlinn Instagram: CopeTN2020

Candidate Status: Open Seat Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Open Seat Previous elected offices held: Shelby County Commissioner for six years Employment/Occupation: Attorney & Former TBI Criminal Investigator Employment/Occupation: Flinn, an electrical engineer turned physician, established a chain of radiology clinics in Tennessee. He also founded Flinn Broadcasting, which owns 40 radio and television stations across the United Top Three Issues: States. • Push legislation to end all war Education: Bachelor’s from the University of Mississippi; Medical degree from the University of Tennessee • Propose legislation to end racism by ending the concept of race Community Affiliations: West Tennessee Director for the Board of the Tennessee Broadcasters Association • Propose legislation that will establish a national identification system Top Three Issues: • Support judicial appointments that respect the rule of law, and defend the rights of people expressed in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. • Defend the rights to free speech, religious liberty and freedom of the press as put forth in the First Amendment of the Constitution. • Without equivocation, every law-abiding citizen in this country has the right to own and bear arms as stated in the Second Amendment, and I will make sure that the federal government does not take those rights away.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 15 Website: teamhagerty.com Email: [email protected] BILL Facebook: BillHagertyTN KENT Website: kentmorrell2020.com Twitter: billhagertyTN Facebook: kentmorrell2020 HAGERTY Instagram: billhagertyTN MORRELL Twitter: kent morrell

Candidate Status: Open Seat Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan under President Donald Trump; senior leader in Employment/Occupation: President and CEO of Indoor Oceans, an aquarium design firm he founded in 1993 the Trump Transition Team; Donald Trump’s Tennessee Victory Chair; Former Commissioner of the Tennessee Community Affiliations: Board Member of Safe Access Tennessee, which provides science-based educational Department of Economic and Community Development; Businessman resources about the importance of treatment options, including medical cannabis for pain management, to Top Three Issues: legislators and offers advocacy training across the state. • Bill will work to strengthen our economy bring more jobs to our communities Top Three Issues: • Stop illegal immigration • Healthcare reform • Defend our Second Amendment rights. • Support for Veterans • Education

Website: jonhenryforsenate.com Email: [email protected] JON Facebook: jonhenryforsenate GLEN L. Website: glennealforunitedstatessenate.org Facebook: neal4senate2020 HENRY NEAL JR. Twitter: GlenNeal8

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Retired U.S. Marine Corp Employment/Occupation: Pharmacist Education: Associate's degree in General Studies, Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Master's Degree in Public Education: Doctor of Pharmacy Administration & current Ph.D student in Leadership Studies Community Affiliations: Member ICBC (International Community Baptist Church), FAAGC (Filipino American Top Three Issues: Association of Greater Chattanooga) • Ethic and moral representation Top Three Issues: • 2. Policies that support the safety and security of the American people • Giving a voice back to the forgotten working/middle-class and not the choice of special interest or the • 3. Protect the freedoms of our rights to defend oneself, freedom of speech, & freedom of religion political elite in Washington. • All things Healthcare; Preventative, Affordable, and Access including TN’s high rural hospital closures rate and mergers. • The practice of pharmacy transparency, drug prices, and the disenfranchising of patients and undue burdens on staff. ***Bonus Student loan repayments missing tax expense benefits.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 16 Website: voteosborne.com Twitter: schustercampai1 JOHN E. Facebook: JohnOsborneTN DAVID OSBORNE Twitter: johnosbornetn SCHUSTER

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Owner of the Piggly Wiggly grocery store brand Education: Lunenburg High School Education: Middle Tennessee State University, degrees in Political Science & Social Economics Community Affiliations: National Rifle Association, Tennessee Firearms Association, 917 Society, Truckers Against Trafficking and Constitutional Patriots Community Affiliations: Top Three Issues: Top Three Issues: • Term limits • Government reform • End the Patriot Act • Immigration • Fight for people TN, not lobbyist • Healthcare

Email: [email protected] Website: drmannyforsenate.com AARON L. Website: aaronpettigrewfortennessee.com MANNY Facebook: drmannyforsenate Facebook: Aaron Pettigrew for Senate Twitter: DrMannySenate PETTIGREW Twitter: alpettigrew1 SETHI Instagram: alpettigrew

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Truck Driver Employment/Occupation: Orthopedic trauma surgeon and associate professor Education: High School and self-educated Constitutional Scholar (With guidance.) Education: Bachelor’s from Brown University, M.D. from Harvard Medical School Community Affiliations: National Rifle Association, Tennessee Firearms Association, 917 Society, Truckers Against Community Affiliations: Founder of the nonprofit, Healthy Tennessee Trafficking and Constitutional Patriots Top Three Issues: Top Three Issues: • Pro-Life • Restoring Constitutional limits on our Federal Government to protect our Rights and State Sovereignty. • Opioid Crisis • Cutting Government spending by cleaning up Unconstitutional Federal agencies and streamlining those that • Immigration are, which will also reduce the ability for them to use regulations as Unconstitutional Law. • Term limits and ending the lifetime benefits of those serving in both Chambers of Congress, it is a privilege and honor to serve and should not be a lifelong career and retirement plan, paying them well to live in two places is one thing, a lifelong burden on taxpayers is another.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 17 UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROFILES

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The U.S. House of Representatives makes and passes federal laws. The House is one of Congress's two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate), and part of the federal government's legislative branch. Also referred to as a congressman or congresswoman, each representative is elected to a two-year term serving the people of a specific congressional district. Among other duties, representatives introduce bills and resolutions, offer amendments and serve on committees. The number of representatives with full voting rights is 435, and is proportionate to population per state. Currently, there are five delegates representing the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. A resident commissioner represents Puerto Rico. The delegates and resident commissioner possess the same powers as other members of the House, except that they may not vote. The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House, and majority and minority leaders represent their respective parties on the House floor.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 18 Email: [email protected] DISTRICT 8 LAWRENCE A. Website: pivnickforcongress.com Facebook: larrypivnicktn PIVNICK Twitter: LarryPivnick

Email: Email DAVID Website: kustoffforcongress.com Facebook: FB Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None KUSTOFFT Twitter: DavidKustoff Instagram: kustoffforcongress Employment/Occupation: Retired as a law professor at the University of Memphis. Served as the Law School’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for 6 years. Founder and faculty director of the University of Memphis’ Candidate Status: Challenger General Litigation, Child Advocacy, Elder Law, and Domestic Violence Legal Clinic programs, which provided free legal services for clients of all ages who were not able to afford and/or obtain legal services Previous elected offices held: Appointed U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee by President Bush in Education: University of Florida Law; New York University 2006, United States Representative Community Affiliations: serving on the Shelby County Democratic Party’s Executive Committee and its Steering Education: University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law Committee, the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH) serving on its Immigration and Community Affiliations: Affliations Intercultural Equity Task Force, and serving on the Boards of University of Memphis Association of Retirees and Top Three Issues: Memphis Choral Arts. Larry was appointed by Mayor Lee Harris in 2019 to serve on the Shelby County Work Release Board. Larry is a member of Beth Sholom Synagogue. • Support the trump agenda Top Three Issues: • Fight terror • Universal health care • Maintaining law & order • Educational system that prepares students for the 21st century without burying them in debt • Fair living wages

Email: Erikastottspearson.com Facebook: skinnerforcongress ERIKA Website: Erikastottspearson.com HOLLIS W. Facebook: Erika Stotts Pearson for Congress STOTTS Twitter: Erika Stotts Pearson for Congress SKINNER PEARSON Instagram: Erika Stotts Pearson for Congress Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Challenger

Employment/Occupation: OpesDei HomeHealth Solutions Educator Previous elected offices held: 14 years on the Trenton, TN City Council Education: B.B.A. Finance and Economics M. S Sports and Leisure Commerce Employment/Occupation: Retired Industrial Specialist for the Devese Contract Management Agency in San Diego. Department of the Amy at the Milan Arsenal and served in the United States Army Community Affiliations: National Board for Transplants, Kidsbiz, NAACP, Clergy Pavillion of Hope, Teachers for America,, Co-Founder of Charter School Memphis Academy of Health Sciences. Education: Lane College, Sociology. University of Tennessee Masters in Education Top Three Issues: Community Affiliations: Outstanding Men of America, 100 Black Men of America, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity (Beta Lambda '68) • Healthcare: I support the rights of Americans to choose healthcare plans that work best for them and their families. Top Three Issues: • Jobs: We need to make job creation easier in District 8, with the economy in recession due to Covid-19 crisis, • Strong advocate for preserving historic structures important to the local African American community now is the time to bring federal tax incentives to our region to create jobs for hardworking residents and families (Opportunity Zones). • Gun Violence Prevention: I believe this is a public health issue that should be dealt with through data and evidenced based policies.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 19 Facebook: Savannah-Williamson-307651169437422 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] SAVANNAH CHARLOTTE Website: electbergmann.com Facebook: ElectBergmann WILLIAMSON BERGMANN Twitter: ElectBergmann Instagram: electbergmann Linkedin: charlottebergmannpmp Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: Democratic Madison County Commissioner TN State Executive Committee District 33 Employment/Occupation: Managing Partner with Angelic Visits personal home care for seniors Education: STIM, Christian Brothers University, CISM Community Affiliations: RNC's President Club under President George W. Bush Top Three Issues: • Reducing Crime • Bringing Jobs to Memphis • Ensuring a Strong/Safe Nation

Website: cohen.house.gov/issues DISTRICT 9 STEVE Facebook: CongressmanSteveCohen COHEN Twitter: RepCohen

Email: [email protected] LEO Facebook: Mr.AwGoWhat Candidate Status: Incumbent AWGOWHAT Instagram: leoawgowhat Previous elected offices held: Vice President of the 1977 Tennessee Constitutional Convention, Shelby County Commissioner, Tennessee General Assembly as State Senator from District 30, 9th Congressional District seat in Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None the House of Representatives. Employment/Occupation: Legal Advisor for Memphis Police Department Education: Horn Lake High School Education: Cecil Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis Top Three Issues: • Criminal Justice Reform • Generating and strengthening jobs • Access to quality education

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 20 Email: Info@the901Strong COREY O. Website: the901strong.com STRONG Facebook: coreyostrong

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Director of Strategic Operations and Innovation at Shelby County Schools - SCS; United States Navy Reserve Education: University of Memphis School of Law; MBA from San Diego State University, Entrepreneurship ; Master of Education at The Broad Center: History at United States Naval Academy Community Affiliations: First Baptist Church Broad, Choir ; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Memphis Top Three Issues: • Economic Justice • Universal Health Care, Medicare + Social Security • Voting Rights and dismantling systems and schemes that seek to suppress voting power based on race, gender, economic standing, and geography.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 21 TENNESSEE STATE SENATE PROFILES

TENNESSEE STATE SENATE The Senate is the upper house of the Tennessee General Assembly and is composed of 33 members who are elected to four-year terms of office. They are elected by the voters of their Senate legislative district. A senator must be a citizen of the United States, at least 30 years old, a citizen of Tennessee for at least three years and a resident of the county or district he represents for at least one year before the election. The functions of the Legislature are to enact, amend, and repeal the laws of Tennessee. Some of the specific powers granted to the Tennessee General Assembly by the state Constitution include: the appropriation of all money to be paid out of the state treasury; the levy and collection of taxes; and the right to authorize counties and incorporated towns to levy taxes.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 22 DISTRICT 30 DISTRICT 32

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] SARA Website: senatorsarakyle.com JULIE Website: julieforus.com Facebook: SaraKyleTN Twitter: juliebyrdashworth KYLE Twitter: SaraforTN BYRD Instagram: SenatorSaraKyle ASHWORTH Candidate Status: Incumbent Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Previous elected offices held: Memphis City Court Judge; Public Service Commission Employment/Occupation: Attorney and Small Business Owner Employment/Occupation: Retired, Tennessee Regulatory Authority (Public Service Commission) Education: Juris Doctorate (1989), B.S. Mathematics (1986), The University of Memphis Education: Bachelor’s Degree, Austin Peay State University; J.D. Nashville School of Law Community Affiliations: NAACP-Collierville Member; St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral-Junior Warden; Lynching Sites Community Affiliations: Membership in the following: Tennessee Women's Political Caucus, NAACP, Kiwanis Club, Project- Researcher; Shelby County Democratic Party-Executive Committee Member and past Treasurer Tennessee Bar Association, Memphis Bar Association Top Three Issues: Top Three Issues: • Health Care- access to affordable health care insurance I have stood up for • Common Sense Gun Reform • Women's rights • Public Schools- defending, supporting, and properly funding public schools and • Access to healthcare • Improving Shelby County's schools since I was elected in 2014. Since then I've passed countless bills aimed at improving life for Memphians.

Email: [email protected] PAUL W. Website: paulroseforsenate.com/contact ROSE capitol.tn.gov/senate/members/s32.html Facebook: paulrosetn Facebook: people/M-LaTroy-Williams/100009802934380 Twitter: PaulRoseTN MARION Twitter: nlmmm55 LATROY Candidate Status: Incumbent Previous elected offices held: None A-WILLIAMS JR Employment/Occupation: President of Rose Construction, a family-owned business with more than 150 employees, where he has worked since 1974 Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Education: .A. University of Tennessee Martin Employment/Occupation: Former Consultant/Advisor, International Communication Associates Community Affiliations: Dyersburg State Foundation Board, Education: Attended Touro School of Law Long Island, NY; MBA International Business Administration Hatchie River Region Boys and Girls Club Board, Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home Board of Trustees, Member - First Baptist Church of Covington, TN Chairman: Dyersburg State Foundation Board Top Three Issues: • Will work with Governor Lee to grow our economy • Law-and-order; keeping our communities safe, will be a top priority • 100% Pro-Life

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 23 TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROFILES

TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, composed of 99 members who are elected to two-year terms of office. They are elected by the voters of their House legislative district. A representative must be a citizen of the United States, at least 21 years old, a citizen of Tennessee for at least three years and a resident of the county he represents for at least one year before the election. In general, the functions of the Legislature are to enact, amend, and repeal the laws of Tennessee, and they can create changes in the form of bills, resolutions and joint resolutions. Some of the specific powers granted to the General Assembly by the state Constitution include: the appropriation of all money to be paid out of the state treasury; the levy and collection of taxes; and the right to authorize counties and incorporated towns to levy taxes. The House also has the power to start impeachment hearings.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 24 DISTRICT 83 DISTRICT 84

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] JERRI Website: jerrigreen.com DOMINIQUE Website: dominiqueprimer.com Facebook: JerriGreenFor83 Facebook: primer4tn84 GREEN Twitter: jerrigreenfor83 PRIMER Twitter: Primer4tn84 Instagram: jerrigreenfor83 Instagram: Primer4tn84

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Director of Community Engagement, Community Legal Center Employment/Occupation: Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South Education: B.A. University of Tennessee (1999), J.D. Georgetown University Law Center (2003) Education: B.A Political Science (Hampton University) Community Affiliations: Moms Demand Action, Memphis and Tennessee Bar Association, Association for Women MPA - Nonprofit Management (Arkansas State University) Attorneys, Tennessee Higher Education Initiative, Democratic Women of Shelby County Masters in International Relations (Webster University) Top Three Issues: Community Affiliations: Center for Transforming Communities STS Enterprise, Keepers of 306 – committee for the National Civil Rights Museum, Girl Scouts Heart of the South • Education - I support fully funding public schools to improve resources, infrastructure, raise teacher salaries, Junior League of Memphis access to technology, and oppose any voucher program. Top Three Issues: • Gun sense legislation - I oppose permit-less carry for concealed firearms, arming teachers, and open carry on college campuses. I am for universal background checks and red flag laws. • Healthcare Is A Right, Not A Privilege. Dominique will advocate and support legislation to expand Medicaid. The expansion of Medicaid would allow for those who don’t qualify for TennCare or the Affordable Care Act to • 3. Healthcare - I support accessible and affordable healthcare for all Tennesseans, and oppose block grant also become insured. funding for TennCare and Medicaid. • Quality Education That Leads to Quality Jobs. This means that we must tackle the issues of inequity that our students face. The answer to better schools is fully funding all school districts. We know when our schools are better, our workforce becomes stronger. Email: [email protected] MARK Website: • Safer Communities To Live, Work, and Play. Dominique is an advocate for safer communities for families, capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h83.html WHITE repmarkwhite.com children, and businesses. Our communities need common sense gun laws, an investment against blight, Facebook: StateRepresentativeMarkWhite more positive collaboration between our law enforcement, community members, and government, and Twitter: repmarkwhite?lang=en stronger criminal justice reform for our neighbors Candidate Status: Incumbent

Previous elected offices held: State Representative District 83 since 2010, Chairman of the House Full Education Committee Email: [email protected] Employment/Occupation: Conflict Management/Facilitator JOE Website: capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h84.html Twitter: RepJoeTownsJr Education: B.S. in Education from University of Memphis TOWNS JR. Instagram: explore/tags/joetownsj M.A. in Conflict Management from Lipscomb University Community Affiliations: Chairman, West Tennessee Economic Development Caucus, Chairman, Life Science Candidate Status: Incumbent Tennessee Caucus Chairman, Quality Early Education Caucus, Chairman of the Board Collierville Chamber of Commerce, Appointed Chairman of NFIB Tennessee Leadership Council Previous elected offices held: State Representative District 84 since 1995 Top Three Issues: Employment/Occupation: Business/ Entrepreneur, Former College Instructor, has a Management, Consulting and • Firearm safety around minors Entertainment Co. • Education Education: B.A. in Political Science from LeMoyne-Owen College; M.S. in Operational Management from University of Arkansas in Fayetteville • Tourism

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 25 Community Affiliations: Former member of Community Service Action Board and Democratic Executive Committee Top Three Issues: Member Mississippi Boulevard Church, Co-founder of C.U.T.E.C. Anti Crime Organization, & Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity • EDUCATION is the first step in assuring the supply of human capital for workforce development. Secondary Top Three Issues: education should initiate the labor supply process with vocational training programs that serve as the foundation to post-secondary technical programs and union apprenticeships. • 1. Criminal justice • I will work to assure that VOTING becomes (and then remains) a birthright right and not JUST a birth privilege that • 2. Higher education can be LOST via a criminal felony conviction. • 3. Election laws • I am seeking the NOMINATION of the Democratic Party of Tennessee for the HOUSE DISTRICT 85 position because the DEMOCRATIC PARTY LABEL AND ITS HISTORY encompasses a set of beliefs and values that best expresses an equal opportunity vision for the pursuit of happiness and liberty for ALL AMERICANS regardless of race, sex or DISTRICT 85 class.

Email: [email protected] JESSE Website: capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h85.html DISTRICT 86 Facebook: votejessechism85 or jesse.chism.71 CHISM Twitter: JesseChism

Email: [email protected] Candidate Status: Incumbent Previous elected offices held: None BARBARA Website: capitol.tn.gov/house/members/H86.html Facebook: profile.php?id=100050885291821 WARD Twitter: barbara1204585 Employment/Occupation: Real Estate Investor Education: B.A. Business Administration, Morehouse College COOPER M. Ed, Union University Candidate Status: Incumbent

Community Affiliations: Shelby County Democratic Party Previous elected offices held: Has held current office since 1997; Former Chair, Tennessee Black Caucus of State Memphis/Shelby County Consortium of Care Employment/Occupation: PAIMA Council for Disability Rights Tennessee Retired Educator, Community Relations Specialist and Parent Coordinator Memphis/Shelby County Homeless Consortium Education: B.S. and Master’s in Education, Tennessee State University; Ph.D., Religious Philosophy and Christian Board of Directors for Memphis Mental Health Institute Psychology, Jacksonville Theological Seminary Top Three Issues: Community Affiliations: MLK50, W. C. Handy Park, Southbrook Center Project, Shelby County Democratic Women, • Legislation for solitary confinement limits for juveniles and pregnant women Social Action Committee (St. Augustine Church) • Racial Profiling prevention training Top Three Issues: • Self-employment assistance program through labor & workforce development • Increase awareness of background checks procedures for contract workers & volunteers at schools • Diversity in contracting with the lottery corporation • Adverse childhood experience training for school personnel to take online Email: [email protected] ALVIN Website: alvincrook.com Facebook: Alvin Crook CROOK Twitter: Alvin Crook Instagram: Alvin Crook Email: [email protected] AUSTIN A. Facebook: acrowder73 Candidate Status: Challenger Twitter: acrowder73?lang=en CROWDER Instagram: austinacrowder Previous elected offices held: Tennessee Democratic Party State Executive Committeeman District 33 Employment/Occupation: Special Officer - Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Education: B.S. - Criminal Justice Employment/Occupation: Community Affiliations: Shelby County Young Democrats; NAACP - Memphis Chapter; Trinity Word of Faith Teaches government and economics at The Soulsville Charter School in South Memphis. Christian Center; American Criminal Justice Association; Shelby County Democratic Partys Education: Bachelor’s Degree from Westmont College, Los Angeles, CA

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 26 Community Affiliations: Developed a Know Your Rights Unit for implementation in civics classes; completed the Teaching Policy Fellowship through Teach Plus, the Tennessee Educator Fellowship through the State Collaborative on Website: joannlewis2020.com Reforming Education, and a Religious Literacy and Education Fellow at Harvard University. He is twice a finalist in the JOANN National Civil Rights Museum’s Drop the Mic Poetry Slam competition, an original cast member of “Union: the Musical” about the Sanitation Strike of 1968. WOOTEN-LEWIS

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Email: [email protected] Employment/Occupation: Served country over 20 years & veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom DOMINIQUE Website: votedominiquefrost.com Facebook: FROST4TNHouse Community Affiliations: Moms Demand Action, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc, NAACP FROST Twitter: frost4tnhouse Instagram: votedominiquefrost Top Three Issues: • Gun Violence Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None • Education Employment/Occupation: Life and Health Insurance Agent/ Non-Profit Founder & Director • Youth Economic Development Education: B.A. Marketing M.A in Journalism and Strategic Media Community Affiliations: Member of Golden Gate Cathedral, Full Gospel Baptist Church, served as a Sunday School Instructor 2017 - 2019. 2017 - Current| Advocated for the re-opening and restoration of Craigmont High School Planetarium, successfully raised over $145,000 so underprivileged students can have access to Quality Science DISTRICT 87 and Math (STEM) resources for higher learning. 2018 - Current| Deputy Voter Registrar for the Shelby County Election Commission. 2018- 2019 - Executive Board, Financial Secretary for TSUNAA - Shelby County Alumni Chapter. Email: [email protected] Top Three Issues: KAREN D. Website: capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h87.html Facebook: KarenDCamper Memphis is my home. This is where I grew up , where I have family, and where I started my business. As a CAMPER Twitter: KarenDCamper minority small business owner and non-profit founder, I understand the importance of financial literacy, small Instagram: karendcamper business expansion, and economic development. As your state representative, I will champion equity for all of Memphis. I support expanding access to: Candidate Status: Incumbent • Affordable healthcare Previous elected offices held: House Member of the 105th through 111th General Assemblies; Democratic Caucus • Raising teachers’ pay Leader • Ending incarceration for non-violent drug crimes Employment/Occupation: Chief Warrant Officer, US Army Retired Education: Associate of Science, University of Tennessee Knoxville; Primary, Basic and Advanced Leadership Development Courses, University of the State of New York, Albany ROB Community Affiliations: Member, New Beginning All Life Ministries President: National Organization of Black Elected Legislative (N.O.B.E.L.) Women WHITE Board Member: Memphis Branch, NAACP Women’;s Action for New Directions Substitute teacher in the Memphis City School System Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None TN State Director: National Foundation for Women Legislators

Top Three Issues: Top Three Issues: I'm gonna lower taxes and create Millionaires. I have Venture Capitalist, Private Equity Investors, Hedge Fund • Focused on eliminating poverty Manager and etc, in my corner that have been waiting the last 4 years for me to create opportunities for them • Empowering communities to invest in Memphis. I have access to investors that have set guidelines for funds set aside to make sure I’m successful. I ask for 500 Million from a finance guy who invests money out of one of the accounts belonging to the Sheik in the Middle East. One of my Venture Capitalist mentors is investing money in an account that belongs to a Sheik that has over a Trillion dollars. I’m going to rebuild neighborhoods and businesses in District 86. I’m about to open a pipeline of cash to the people of Memphis and Millington after I’m elected in November.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 27 DISTRICT 88 DISTRICT 90

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] LARRY J. Website: capitol.tn.gov/House/members/h88.html TORREY C. Website: torreyharris.com Facebook: replarryj.miller Facebook: torreyfor90 MILLER HARRIS Twitter: torreyharris90 Instagram: iamtorreyharris

Candidate Status: Incumbent Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Previous elected offices held: House Member of the 98th -111 th General Assemblies Employment/Occupation: Shelby County Government / Director, Human Resources Employment/Occupation: Retired Professional Fireman Education: Christian Brothers University | Industrial & Organizational Psychology Education: B.A., Social Science, LeMoyne Owen College Community Affiliations: Executive Board Member & Finance Chair, CHOICES Reproductive, Health & Birth Center, Community Affiliations: Member, Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators. Former member, Tennessee Board Member, Friends For Life HIV/AIDS Care & Prevention Corporation, Treasurer, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Democratic Executive Committee, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, NAACP, Shelby County Democratic Party Incorporated, Treasurer, Shelby County Young Democrats Top Three Issues: • Fully Funded Public Education • Criminal Justice Reform / Elimination of Cash Bail • Access to Healthcare

Email: orrden4staterep2020.com Email: [email protected] ORRDEN Website: [email protected] ANYA Website: anyaparker.com Facebook: orrden Facebook: apfortennessee WILLIAMS JR. Instagram: orrden–williams–jr– PARKER Twitter: apfortennessee Instagram: apfortennessee

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Education: Studied Political Science at Alcorn State, Mississippi Delta Community College, Alabama State, Employment/Occupation: Salon Owner/ Executive Director University of Mississippi, Southwest Community College Education: Graduate of Northside High School; Studying Political Science at Southwest College; Received political Top Three Issues: training's from Leaders of Color, Black Campaign School, and Emerge. • Representing Frayser in the legislation Community Affiliations: Volunteer at Logic; Democratic Women of Shelby County; Tn Beauty Association • Covid-19 Top Three Issues: • HIV Testing • Equality Education: We have no problem with students having multiple options for educational learning. Our Kid's First Education Plan will bridge the inequality gap and streamline resources to all students including those with disabilities. • Economic Opportunities: The poverty rate in Memphis continues to rise and minimum wage has not increased since 2009. We will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. One in four citizens in Memphis live below the poverty level. • Safe Communities: Memphis has been labeled as having one of the largest crime rates in the country. The chances of being a victim of crime in Memphis is one and twelve. Tackling crime is a four-part component: mental health, community involvement, properly trained officers, and providing resources for better employment. NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 28 Email: [email protected] CATRINA L. Website: squareup.com/store/the-committee-to-elect-catrina- DISTRICT 93 SMITH l-smith

Email: [email protected] Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None G.A. HARDAWAY Employment/Occupation: Educator at Southwest Tennessee Community College Education: Bachelor of Arts from in English Literature from University of Memphis and Master of Arts in Education Candidate Status: Incumbent Previous elected offices held: None from Union University. Community Affiliations: NAACP Employment/Occupation: Real Estate Investor Top Three Issues: Education: Bachelor of Science in Finance from DePaul University • Diligently working to overcome COVID’s impact Community Affiliations: Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators, Africa in April Festival – Board of Directors, • Fighting neighborhood blight Al- Kadosh Shrine Temple, Black Business Association, & Black Family Channel – Board of Directors. • Securing businesses and investments for District 90 Top Three Issues: • Election laws • Criminal justice DISTRICT 91 • Traffic safety

Email: [email protected] LONDON Website: londonlamar.com DISTRICT 95 Facebook: LondonLamar01 LAMAR Twitter: LondonLamarTN Instagram: RepLamar

Candidate Status: Incumbent Previous elected offices held: None LYNNETTE P. WILLIAMS Employment/Occupation: State of Tennessee Education: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science- Saint Mary's College Community Affiliations: Democratic Party, New Leaders Council, Emerge Tennessee and Black Millennial Convention. Top Three Issues:

• Strong Schools Website: vote4vaughan.com/Home • Healthy Families WILLIAM Facebook: Vaughan4TNHouse • Safe Communities KEVIN VAUGHAN Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Licensed Professional Engineer; Real Estate Broker Education: Memphis State University, B.S. of Electrical Engineering

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 29 Community Affiliations: Collierville Rotary Club, Collierville Rotary Foundation, Collierville Chamber of Commerce, Collierville Education Foundation and Leadership Collierville. Top Three Issues: DISTRICT 97 • Protect Collierville & Germantown’s schools • Support police & first responders so they can keep our communities safe Email: [email protected] ALLAN Website: allancreasy.com • Promote our conservative values & ideals Facebook: ServeTheo901 CREASY Twitter: ServeTheo901 Instagram: ServeTheo901 DISTRICT 96 Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Employment/Occupation: Bartender, Celtic Crossing Education: Website: patriciaposselfortn.org/ BS History from University of Memphis PATRICIA Facebook: PatriciaPosselforTN Community Affiliations: Future901 "PATTI" Top Three Issues: POSSEL • Public Education Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None • Expanded Medicaid and Accessible Healthcare • Addressing the Problem of Payday Lending Employment/Occupation: Small business owner, Patricia Possel Photography Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Wright State University Community Affiliations: Active in the Memphis Camera Club, Ducks Unlimited, Cordova Leadership Council, Shelby County Republican Party and St. Francis of Assisi Church. Top Three Issues: • Combat big city problems of crime, traffic, and sprawl. Website: votejohngillespie.com JOHN Facebook: VoteJohnGillespie • Support vocational and technical programs that teach job-ready skills. • Allow our state the flexibility to design programs that benefit Tennesseans. GILLESPIE

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Email: [email protected] Employment/Occupation: Grant Coordinator at Trezevant Episcopal Home DWAYNE Website: votethompson96.com Facebook: ThompsonTN96 Education: Bachelor of Art from High Point University in North Carolina THOMPSON Twitter: hdwaynethompson Community Affiliations: Phoenix Club of Memphis Top Three Issues: Candidate Status: Incumbent Previous elected offices held: None • Public Safety Employment/Occupation: Retired Human Resources Professional • Schools Education: Bachelors Political Science, Graduate work in Business Administration • Healthcare Community Affiliations: Cordova Leadership Council, Wolf River Conservancy, Shelby Farms Conservancy and Germantown Democratic Club. Top Three Issues: • Expanded and better quality healthcare. • Improved education and protecting education from outside influences like vouchers. • Improving Infrastructure. NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 30 Email: [email protected] Email: Clifford@[email protected] RUBY Website: rubypowelldennis.com CLIFFORD Website: cliffordstockton.come Facebook: RubyPowellDennis Facebook: Cliff4TNHouse97 POWELL-DENNIS Twitter: RPowellDennis97 STOCKTON Twitter: CliffordStockt1 Instagram: /rpowelldennis97 Instagram: Cliffstocktonstaterepdistrict97

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Ruby's current serves as a Director of Outreach Employment/Occupation: ALLMemphis Non-Profit Education Leader Education: Ruby is a proud alumna of The University of Florida where she studied Advertising, Political Science Education: Butler University, The College of Wooster and Anderson University and minored in Secondary Education. Ruby completed her Master of Arts in Organizational Communication at Community Affiliations: Greater Community Foundation, New Memphis Institute, Education Pioneers , Greater Southeastern Louisiana University and her Master’s in Business Administration at The University of Memphis. Memphis Chamber Of Commerce, and Memphis Health Center. Community Affiliations: Ruby serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Leadership Preparatory Charter Top Three Issues: School and a Census 2020 Complete Count subcommittee member. Ruby was recognized as a member of the Memphis Business Journal 2018 40 Under 40 class and 2018 Outstanding Young Alumnus for the Fogelman College • TN Medicaid Expansion of Business at The University of Memphis. Ruby is also an alumna of EmergeTN and The Women’s Campaign • Education School at Yale. • Public Safety. Top Three Issues: As a former elementary school administrator, Ruby worked with students, teachers, families, and community members. It was her time serving students that shaped her desire to work in electoral politics fighting for educational equity. Ruby is running because our community deserves a weighted funding model to fund: Website: brandonweise.com • Schools BRANDON S. Facebook: VoteBrandonWeise • Affordable healthcare for families WEISE • Increased investments in small businesses Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Email: [email protected] Top Three Issues: GABBY Website: voteforgabby.com Facebook: VoteGabbySalinas • Pro 2nd Amendment SALINAS Twitter: gabbysalinas Instagram: gabby4tnhouse • Pro Life • Against Pay for Play Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Graduate Research Assistant Education: St. Ann Bartlett (2003), St. Agnes Academy (2007) - High School Diploma, Christian Brothers University DISTRICT 98 - B.S. Biochemistry (2011). Community Affiliations: I have served on the board for Alliance Healthcare Services, National Women’s Political Caucus PAC, Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, Tennessee Women’s Political Caucus, and Email: [email protected] the Patient and Family Advisory council at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. ANTONIO Website: TNRepParkinson.com Top Three Issues: Healthcare, education, and fair wages. PARKINSON • I support Medicaid expansion and want to ensure that affordable healthcare is available for everybody. • I am a strong supporter of public education, and I will oppose vouchers that take funding away from public Candidate Status: Incumbent Previous elected offices held: None schools. In Memphis, there are huge disparities in access to education; if we want to solve poverty, we have to ensure that people start out on the right footing. Employment/Occupation: Small business owner, Black market Strategies and retired firefighter. • Lastly, fair and livable wages are vital to the success of our community. We will fight efforts to diminish our unions, as collective bargaining improves wages and provides better working conditions

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 31 Community Affiliations: ABetterMemphis.com, The Raleigh Fire Victims Fund, Toys in the Garden, The Fresh Start Community Baby Shower & the Block Party for Peace Website: electleemills.com Top Three Issues: LEE Facebook: LeeMillsfor99 • Public education MILLS • Criminal justice reform • Employment Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Pilot and pilot instructor for a major cargo airline. Education: B.S. in Aviation Management from Auburn University Community Affiliations: Arlington Education Foundation, PTA/School Volunteer, Arlington Planning Commission, Arlington Parks & Recreation Committee, & Family Action Council of TN. CHARLES A. Top Three Issues: THOMPSON • Public Safety • Fixing the crumbling infrastructure Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: • Cutting regulations to create jobs TN State Rep District 99

DISTRICT 99

Email: [email protected] TOM Website: votetomleatherwood.com LEATHERWOOD Facebook: Tom.Leatherwood.TN.Representative.District.99

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Taught at SCS for eight years before getting elected. Education: Bachelor of Science in Geology at the University of Memphis & got his teaching certificate from the Middle Tennessee State University. Community Affiliations: Active member of Faith Baptist Church Top Three Issues: • Immigration • Economy • 2nd Amendment

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 32 REPUBLICAN STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PROFILES

REPUBLICAN STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Republican State Executive Committee shall consist of sixty-six (66) members. One bona fide Republican man and one bona fide Republican woman shall be elected to the SEC from each of the thirty-three (33) State Senatorial Districts,by the voters of each respective District qualified to vote in such Republican primary. Each SEC member shall have voted in the last three Republican primaries in his county of residence during those primary elections. The duties and powers of the SEC include to serve as the Tennessee Republican Party's state primary board; to have immediate charge and full control of the political affairs of the TRP and establish policy to guide and direct County Republican Parties. The SEC shall serve a four-year term.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 33 DISTRICT 29

TINA MCELRAVEY

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 34 DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PROFILES

DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Democratic State Executive Committee is composed of one man and one woman elected from each of the 35 Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Councilmanic districts. This committee is the governing body and manages and operates the State Party, establishes and approves the budget, and establishes procedure for picking Party nominees for offices, selecting members of the National Committee, and selecting delegates for the National Convention, which is where support for a particular presidential candidate is chosen.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 35 DISTRICT 33

ISAAC V. FREEMAN, III

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Sales at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Education: Bachelor’s of Art degree in English Literature from LeMoyne-Owen College, minor in Business Administration

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 36 GENERAL SESSIONS COURT CLERK PROFILES

GENERAL SESSIONS COURT CLERK The General Sessions Court Clerk's Office is responsible for the record keeping for the civil divisions and criminal divisions. These are misdemeanors, preliminary hearings on felonies, traffic and environmental cases

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 37 Website: paulboyd.org PAUL C. Facebook: pg/ElectPaulBoyd/photos/?ref=page–internal 1 BOYD

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: Probate Court Clerk Top Three Issues: I have three goals as your next General Sessions Clerk: • My number one goal is to make sure everyone leaves our court believing that the justice system works the way it is supposed to. • Secondly, we need to create an atmosphere where civil servants, whose salary you pay, are really there to serve. We can't fix all of government in one election, but we make incremental progress every chance we get. • Finally, I want to help bring fiscal responsibility back to the county government.

JOE BROWN

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 38 SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD PROFILES

SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD School board members are locally elected public officials entrusted with governing a community's public schools. The role of the school board is to ensure that school districts are responsive to the values, beliefs and priorities of their communities. They set the vision and goals for the district, adopt policies that give the district direction to set priorities and achieve its goals, hire and evaluate the superintendent, adopt and oversee the annual budget, and manage the collective bargaining process for employees of the district.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 39 Email: [email protected] DISTRICT 2 STEPHANIE Website: love4district3.org LOVE Facebook: Love 4 District 3

Email: [email protected] or [email protected] REV. ALTHEA Facebook: Rev. Althea E. Greene Candidate Status: Incumbent Previous elected offices held: None GREENE Twitter: Rev. Althea E. Greene Previous elected offices held: I was elected to this position in 2014 and re-elected in 2016 for this current seat. Employment/Occupation: Cosmetologist Candidate Status: Incumbent Previous elected offices held: None Education: I attended the University of Memphis and later received my Cosmetologist license. Employment/Occupation: Retired Educator( Memphis City Schools) 34 years. SCS(Childcare Supervisor 4years); Community Affiliations: I am not a member of any organization. I have participated with several organizations Senior Pastor Real Life Ministries throughout Shelby County with a focus on youth, community development, criminal justice reform, adverse child Education: Doctoral( Religion) Masters, (Theological Studies) Masters, (Education)Bachelor and (Theology) experiences and more. Bachelor (Education). Top Three Issues: Community Affiliations: NAACP/Stand for Children/ Memphis Lift/ Delta Sigma Theta Inc/ Snowden PTO Due to the criminal justice system targeting our youth, my top 3 issues are: Top Three Issues: • Intentional family engagement • My top three issues include the following items. All students should receive the best education and parents • Equity deserve choices. • Academics • All school facilities should be in excellent condition in order for students to receive the best education With the support of my board members, I was able to pass a resolution directing the Superintendent to create available. a communication plan for parents and conduct an equity audit to determine the negative impact SCS policies • Our policy that we create should be fair and never influenced by others. I am presently the only educator and practices have on our students based on current data submitted to the board. I have pushed for SCS to on the school board. I have worked 38 years and understand the needs of our students, parents, and find out why our children were not able to read. At this time, a greater focus has been put on literacy by first Administration. acknowledging the problem is not the students, implementing policies and best practices to support and not penalize students. By addressing these issues, it better prepares our students for life after school. We must support our families, show our students a better life and provide spaces for criminal justice reform. DISTRICT 3

Email: [email protected] AARON Website: aaronforscs.com Email: [email protected] Facebook: aaronforscs JESSE Website: jessejeff.net YOUNGBLOOD KIRK JEFF Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Employment/Occupation: Memphis Regional Manager, Enriched Schools Employment/Occupation: Memphis Shelby County Education Association Education: BA, Political Science - Benedictine University, Lisle, IL MPA, Public Mgmt & Policy - University of Memphis Education: Masters of Science / Bachelor of Arts Community Affiliations: Memphis Youth Guidance Commission, Co-chair Memphis Delta Preparatory Charter Community Affiliations: Director of Security/ Steward St. James AME School and Board Member Stand for Children. Top Three Issues: Top Three Issues: • Fair and equitable work environment for teachers and staff. • Safe, Inclusive Schools - ensuring schools are physically and emotionally safe for students • A learning environment where all students are treated equal in a safe and nurturing classroom. • 21st Century Careers - Our students need to be prepare for opportunities of their future • Term limits for school board members. • Community - connecting to families and communities to support students together

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 40 Community Affiliations: Junior League of Memphis, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., NAACP Memphis Branch, Leaders of Color Initiative DISTRICT 4 Top Three Issues: As a mother and education consultant, I know firsthand the challenges families face. I am committed to: • Fighting for increased funding to upgrade school buildings and ensure teachers and students have a quality CLYDE teaching and learning environment. • Inequities in our schools keep too many kids from reaching their potential. I am committed to bringing focus to WAYNE increasing preparedness for college and career and removing barriers to access early childhood education. PINKSTON • I am a “Mom On A Mission,” and want to ensure that the hopes and dreams I have for my children, become a reality for all children in Shelby County.

Email: [email protected] TAMARQUES Website: tdporter.com Facebook: Porter4district4 Email: [email protected] PORTER Instagram: porter4district4 KEVIN Website: votekevinwoods.com Facebook: Kevin Woods-Shelby County School Board WOODS Twitter: KevinWoods Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Instagram: VoteKevinWoods

Employment/Occupation: Department of Treasury Candidate Status: Incumbent Previous elected offices held: None

Education: M.B.A. University of Phoenix Employment/Occupation: Market President BlueCross BlueShield Community Affiliations: Leadership Memphis, Memphis Urban League Young Professionals, Blacks and Latinos in Education: Masters Degree (Business) Technology (Blit) and State Rep Barbara Cooper-Jones Initiative. Community Affiliations: 100 Black Men of Memphis, United Way of the Mid-South, Salvation Army Board, Top Three Issues: Leadership Tennessee Advisory Board and Shelby Farms Park Board. • Literacy Gap – Programs that include phonics and primary learning methodologies. Research shows the Top Three Issues: benefit of early childhood education includes increased academic development and lower rates of abuse, neglect, income inequality, and crime. • I committed to reimagine school facilities in our urban communities. Our students deserve 21st Century learning environments and I am committed to making that a reality. • Lack of Innovative Education- We have taken away our teacher’s ability to be creative in the classroom. We force them to teach to a standardized test that falsely and unfairly labels our students as failing. • With COVID-19, we now know that it’s paramount that every student has internet connectivity and a digital device. I plan to help SCS realize it’s goal of being a digital 1:1 district. • Digital Divide within the community- During this time of the pandemic, we have seen how the lack of access to technologies in the community can affect our children and their learning. • Finally, access to high quality early education for every family has been my commitment and I have delivered on that campaign promise and now I am building on those successes.

KRISTY Email: [email protected] SULLIVAN

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Director, The New Teacher Project Education: Bachelor’s Degree, Christian Brothers University

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 41 Top Three Issues: T.I.E. the knot between the district and the community DISTRICT 5 • Transparency and accountability • Improve school facilities • Educator support PAUL Website: paulevelynallen.com EVELYN ALLEN Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Email: [email protected] SHELEAH Website: sheleahforschools.com Facebook: sheleahforschools Employment/Occupation: Retired 30-year educator HARRIS Twitter: sheleahharris Instagram: sheleahharris Education: Bachelor of Science in music from University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Master of Art in Education from – Cumberland University and licensure in Professional School Counseling from Freed Hardeman University. Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Top Three Issues: • Curriculum education Employment/Occupation: Government Affairs Manager • Education Education: Master's in Education Curriculum and Instruction Bachelor's in Marketing Management Community Affiliations: Community Alliance for the Homeless National Urban League Young Professionals National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth Young Women Philanthropist MAURICIO National Black MBA Association Top Three Issues: CALVO • Build an infrastructure that supports postsecondary success and increase career and technical education courses and certifications. Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None • Cultivate relationships across education and government to increase collective impact. • Improve the school board’s legislative agenda process. Employment/Occupation: Executive Director of Latino Memphis Education: Christian Brothers University, Business Degree Community Affiliations: Board of directors of the Greater Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce.

SCOTT Website: voteaprilghueder.com MCCORMICK APRIL Facebook: GhuederforDistrict5

GHUEDER Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None

Candidate Status: Challenger Previous elected offices held: None Previous elected offices held: October 2003 he was elected to the Memphis City Council Employment/Occupation: Nonprofit Management Employment/Occupation: English Language Arts teacher at Believe Memphis Academy Education: BBA in Finance from the University of Memphis Education: Bachelor’s & Master’s in Education from Christian Brothers University Community Affiliations: Sits on the board of The Family Safety Center and The Memphis Zoological Society; Community Affiliations: Bachelor’s & Master’s in Education from Christian Brothers University served in many volunteer positions, including the American Cancer Society’s local Executive Leadership Council,

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 42 Chairman of Memphis City Beautiful Commission and the Memphis Rotary Club Top Three Issues: • I am running for school board because I believe the educational foundation of our children is the greatest challenge we face today. I look forward to partnering with many leaders like Stand that are working to move our schools forward.

DISTRICT 7

TREVOR JOHNSON BANKS

Email: [email protected] MISKA Facebook: MiskaClayBibbsforShelbyCountySchoolBoard CLAY Twitter: MiskaClayBibbs BIBBS Candidate Status: Incumbent Previous elected offices held: None

Employment/Occupation: Chief of Staff/ Teach for America Memphis Education: Hampton University Graduate, Presently working on my Master's at University of Memphis Community Affiliations: Middle College High School PTSA - Officer, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., The Links Incorporated -River City (TN) Chapter and Member of NAACP. Top Three Issues: • I have concentrated on bringing additional resources to my district by focusing on facility improvements- I have 2 brand new buildings in my district based on this work. The New Alcy Elementary (opens 8/2020) and Parkway Village Elementary School (opened 1/2020). • I have pushed for more accountability for charter schools by serving as the Board lead for our new charter policy that took 2/3 years to get passed. The efforts are also meant to foster better relationships with the district and charter partners. • I also championed for parental voices. I pushed for a more robust Family and Community Engagement Department, as well, as making sure the parent voice is heard when making major district decisions and having more opportunities of engagement.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 43 MUNICIPAL JUDGE, TOWN OF COLLIERVILLE PROFILE

MUNICIPAL JUDGE, TOWN OF COLLIERVILLE A municipal court judge, also commonly called a magistrate, presides over pre-trial hearings, small claims proceedings and misdemeanor cases. The authority of a municipal court judge is limited to the aforementioned areas of law and never includes overseeing trials, appeals or administrative hearings.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 44 LEE ANN Facebook: Lee Ann Pafford Dobson PAFFORD DOBSON

Employment/Occupation: 30 Year Family Law Practice - licensed to practice in Tennessee in 1984. In 1998, she opened Rikard & Dobson, PLLC in Germantown and became Dobson Law Firm in 2011. She provides counsel and legal representation in all family law matters including: Divorce, Custody, Child Support, Paternity, Adoption, Modification of Orders. Education: High School in Heidelberg, Germany - father was in the military. University of Florida in Gainesville receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree and Teaching degree. Became a Middle School Teacher first in Florida and then in Tennessee. Memphis State, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, and then clerked for the presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals for one year.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 45 Locations ALL EARLY VOTING Abundant Grace Fellowship Church, 1574 E. Shelby Dr Memphis 38116 Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove Rd Memphis 38120 LOCATIONS & TIMES Anointed Temple of Praise, 3939 Riverdale Rd Memphis 38115 Arlington Safe Room, 11842 Otto Ln Arlington 38002 Baker Community Center, 7942 Church Rd Millington 38053 Early voting is a great way to beat the long Berclair Church of Christ, 4536 Summer Avenue Memphis 38122 lines on Election Day. You can vote at any one of the locations, and it gives you more Briarwood Church, 1900 N. Germantown Pkwy Memphis, 38016 control over fitting voting into your busy Collierville Church of Christ, 575 Shelton Dr Collierville 38017 schedule. Here are the early voting times Compassion Church, 3505 S. Houston Levee Rd Germantown 38139 and locations. Dave Wells Community Center, 915 Chelsea Ave Memphis 38107 Early Voting Dates: Glenview Community Center, 1141 S. Barksdale St Memphis 38114 Friday July 17, 2020 - Saturday, August 1, 2020 Greater Lewis Street Baptist Church, SE Corner of Poplar and E. Parkway N. 38104 • Friday, July 17 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM Greater Middle Baptist Church, 4982 Knight Arnold Rd Memphis 38118 • Saturday. July 18 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM Harmony Church, 6740 St. Elmo Rd Bartlett 38135 • Monday, July 20 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM Mississippi Blvd. Church - Family Life Center, 70 N. Bellevue Blvd Memphis 38104 • Tuesday, July 21 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 1234 Pisgah Rd Memphis 38016 • Wednesday, July 22 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 60 S. Parkway E Memphis 38106 • Thursday, July 23 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 7786 Poplar Pike Germantown 38138 • Friday, July 24 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM • Saturday, July 25 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM Raleigh United Methodist Church, 3295 Powers Rd Memphis 38128 • Monday, July 27 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM Riverside Missionary Baptist Church, 3560 S. Third St Memphis 38109 • Tuesday, July 28 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM Second Baptist Church, 4680 Walnut Grove Rd Memphis 38117 • Wednesday, July 29 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM Solomon Temple MB Church, 1460 Winchester Rd Memphis 38116 • Thursday, July 30 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM The Pursuit of God Church (Bellevue Frayser), 3759 N. Watkins Memphis 38127 • Friday, July 31 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM The Refuge Church, 9817 Huff N Puff Rd Lakeland 38002 • Saturday, August 1 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM White Station Church of Christ, 1106 Colonial Road Memphis 38117 Election Day Thursday, August 6 • Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. You must vote at your assigned Election Day polling locations, which can be found on your voter registration card or at this link: https://tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 46 GETTING YOUR VOTING RIGHTS RESTORED

Getting your voting rights back may be easier than you think! If you have been convicted of a felony and you finished your court ordered obligations, there's still hope when it comes to being an engaged citizen and voter. The state of Tennessee has the right to deny any person convicted of “infamous crimes” from voting. A Certificate of Restoration of Voting Rights Form may be used to restore an individual's voting rights after being convicted of a felony.

tary of State's Website: https://sos.tn.gov/products/elections/if-i-have-felony-con- You may be eligible to get your voting rights restored if: viction-can-i-vote. Have the Certificate of Restoration of Voting Rights completed • You received a pardon by: • You completed the maximum sentence imposed for the crime • i. The pardoning authority or an agent or officer of the supervising or • You were granted final release from incarceration or supervision by the board of incarcerating authority; and/or PLEASE NOTE: If there are multiple paroles, the department of correction, or county correction authority felonies,the form must be filled out for each felony with a different docket/ • You paid back any court order restitution case number. • You paid off all child support obligations • ii. An agent of the circuit/criminal court clerk • You paid all court ordered court costs Your parole officer should be able to complete this for you upon your completion of your parole responsibilities. If not, we recommend you call to set up an appointment with the following agency for Shelby County: If you were convicted of a state offense in Shelby County: Conditions under which you cannot have your voting rights restored: 201 Poplar • You were convicted between July 1, 1986 and June 30, 1996 of first degree 4th Floor murder, aggravated rape, treason or voter fraud 901-222-3375 • You were convicted between July 1, 1996 and June 30, 2006 of murder, rape, If you were convicted of a state offense in Shelby County: treason or voter fraud 167 N. Main Street • You were convicted on or after July 1, 2006 of any of the above, or any degree Room 234 murder or rape or any offense under TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, parts 1, 4 or 901-495-1400 5 designated as a felony or any violation containing the same elements and b) Verify that you do not owe any court costs, fines, fees, restitution, or child sup- designated as a felony in any other state or federal court; or any sexual offense port. Contact the Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk's Office: under TCA S 40-39-202 or any violent sexual offense under TCA S 40-39-202 designated as a felony or any violation containing the same elements and Heidi Kuhn designated as a felony in any other state or federal court and where the victim of Criminal Court Clerk such offense was a minor Phone: 901-222-3258 or 901-222-3200 201 Poplar Ave, Suite 4-01 Memphis, TN 38103 Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM -1:00 PM c) Bring the completed Certificate of Restoration of Voting Rights to the office of If you meet the requirements in above, you have two (2) options for restoring the county election commission in the county in which you reside during business your voting rights: hours. 1. Court Order a) Obtain a certified court order restoring your rights in either the Shelby County Election Commission county in which you currently reside or the county in which you were convict- 157 Poplar Ave, Suite 137 ed. b) Bring the certified copy of that original order to the office of the county Memphis, TN 38103 election commission in the county in which you reside. 2. Certificate of Restoration (recommended): Once you have completed either #1 or #2 above, the county administrator of elections shall send a copy of the Certificate to the TN Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins for a) Access the Certificate of Restoration of Voting Rights on the Tennessee Secre- verification. Upon verification that you do not have any outstanding child support obliga- tions due, you may be registered to vote and sent a voter registration card in the mail.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 47 VOTING AS A COLLEGE STUDENT Voting as a college student is important and can be confusing. Here's some information on what to do:

Registering To Vote Going To The Polls: College students should register to vote in the county/state of your permanent residence You cannot go vote at your polling place with an out-of-state driver's license. You must address (the address you consider to be your permanent home while enrolled). Students bring a federally-issued government ID, such as a passport or military ID. A college ID is do not lose their residence solely by attending college away from home. If your permanent not an acceptable form of identification to vote in Tennessee. If you are a registered voter address is out-of-state, you may use your campus address to register to vote in Ten- and do not have a government-issued photo ID, the Department of Safety and Homeland nessee. Once you decide to register, you now become a resident of Tennessee. You are Security will provide you with a photo ID at no charge. Visit the Department of Safety and allowed to use your campus address on the voter registration form. No photo identification Homeland Security's website to learn more: https://www.tn.gov/safety/driver-services/ is required to register to vote as an out-of-state student. photoids.html

If you have taken actions to make your school address your permanent residence address (moving your car registration, driver license, etc.), then you should register in the applicable county/state using your school address. Voting Absentee Out-Of-State Students IIf a student or their spouse is outside of the county during the time of the election, they If your permanent residence address is out-of-state, you should go to an ROTC office or have the option of completing an absentee vote. If you registered to vote by mail, you military recruitment office. If you need to register in person (in order to obtain an absentee must vote in person the first time you vote. If this is not your first time voting, you may re- ballot), but will not return to your home state before the registration deadline, go to an quest an absentee ballot and vote by mail. You can find the Absentee Ballot Request Form ROTC office on a college campus or military recruitment office to submit an in-person reg- online at http://www.nashville.gov/Election-Commission/Voters.aspx. You must request an istration. The ROTC/Recruitment Office will mail your voter registration application to your absentee ballot by July 30, 2020 to vote in the August 6 Election local county election office marked as 'in-person.'

You must be cautious of any college scholarships you receive that requires you to be a resident of your home state. You could lose those scholarships! For this reason, the Election Commission encourages students to register in their home state whenever possible, but it is your choice.

POLL WATCH: IF YOU ARE BEING TURNED AWAY Being turned away at the polls CAN and DOES happen. If you are turned away, stay calm, and contact the following IMMEDIATELY before leaving the polling location: Shelby County Election Commission (SCEC) Tennessee Secretary of State ACLU Tennessee Election Protection 901-222-1200 615-741-7956 • 877-850-959 615-320-7142 866-OUR-VOTE (687.8683) https://www.shelbyvote.com www.state.tn.us/sos/election www.aclu-tn.org/gethelp.htm https://866ourvote.org/ US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Voting Section 800-253-3931 [email protected]

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 48 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 2020 CENSUS

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 49 What to Expect: The census is a simple survey. 95 percent of households will receive their census invitation in the mail; Almost 5 percent of homes receive their invitation from a census taker going door-to-door; and less than 1 percent will be counted in person by a census taker. The Census Bureau is offering online responses in 2020. Every household will have the option of responding online, by mail or by phone. YOU Confidentiality: All information provided to the Census Bureau is confidential and protected under Title 13 of the U.S. Code. All Census Bureau employees swear a lifetime oath to protect respondent data, and they face a felony conviction if this oath is broken. DESERVE Why Being Counted Matters: The data collected in the census is used to determine where and how billions of dollars are spent on critical programs, such as Medic- aid, Head Start, SNAP, and more. It's also used by businesses to decide where to open new stores, offices, and factories – creating jobs in many communities. TO BE Redistricting: In Tennessee, the congressional and state legislature districts are redrawn based on Census data. When population distribution changes in the state, political district boundaries must shift too to ensure each district has roughly the same population. The Tennessee General Assembly will draw the new district COUNTED lines in time for the 2022 election. Reapportionment: The number of congressional districts in a state may shift based The U.S. Constitution requires that we take a count – or a census – of on increases or decreases in population over the previous decade, which affects America's population every ten years. The 2020 Census goal is to count congressional representation and state electoral votes. This reapportionment of everyone once, only once, and in the right place. The U.S. Census Bureau seats in the House of Representatives and resulting change in electoral votes conducts the count and serves as the nation's leading provider of quality helps dictate the geographic shift in political power within the United States. data about its people and economy. The Decennial Census is the once- a-decade population and housing count of all 50 states, the District of Government Resource Allocation: Over $400 billion per year is allocated throughout Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. the nation with help from census data, including programs such as public health, education and infrastructure, as well as academic and commercial research. State and local funds are often distributed based on population; every person is important when advocating for funding. The strength of census statistics and data also helps inform many public policy proposals at all levels of government.

The census is about money and power and representation. This survey is critical Visit www.2020census.gov to complete the census. to ensuring our communities get the resources and support needed to thrive. The The deadline to respond is October 31, 2020. census is how we get access to resources. It's how we get access to power. It's how we leverage our presence.

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 50 Election Commission Contact Info

Questions? Concerns? Address all confusion by Downtown Office contacting the Election Commission. 157 Poplar Ave, Suite 137 Memphis, TN 38103

Below are their office hours, contact information, and locations. Election Operations 980 Nixon Dr. Office Hours: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday Memphis, TN 38134 On Election Day the polls are open from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Email: [email protected] Website: www.shelbyvote.com Phone: 615-862-8800 - General Information

ABOUT THE EQUITY ALLIANCE

Established in November 2016, The Equity Alliance proactively advocates for communities of color to have a fair and just opportunity at realizing the American dream. We are a Nashville-based, nonpartisan, 501(c)3 non-profit organization that seeks to equip citizens with tools and strategies to engage in the civic process and empower them to take action on issues affecting their daily lives.

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Contact Us P.O. Box 331821 Nashville, TN 37203 615-492-0061 [email protected] www.theequityalliance.com

NASHVILLE VOTER GUIDE • 2020 51 2020 ELECTION YEAR