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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 5, 2024

Shelby County Chancellor Melanie Taylor Jefferson will hear initial arguments in the Memphis City Council’s suit to include gun referendum questions on the November ballot later this month, the Daily Memphian reports. The hearing, set for Sept. 16, will test whether the council may proceed with plans to include the ballot questions despite guidance from Tennessee Elections Coordinator Mark Goins and Secretary of State Tre Hargett that the ballot additions would illegally preempt state law. The council sued over that decision last week.