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Half-Sheet Handout — Two Per Page
Print one letter page, cut it across the middle, and you have two handouts for the gate or the hall. Pick a language, put your local on it, and print.
YES on 5966 & 5977 NO on 5978 Cut along the dashed line
MEMPHIS BALLOT · TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026Memphis & West TN Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
3 Referendums. Plain English.
On the back of your ballot. Here is what each one actually does.
VoteYESOrdinance 5966Puts Memphis & Shelby County Public Library workers back under civil service protection.A librarian should have the same job protection as any other city worker.
VoteYESOrdinance 5977Makes paid lobbyists at City Hall register and say who pays them.If corporate money is writing city policy, we should be able to name it out loud.
VoteNOOrdinance 5978A blank check to rewrite city worker appeals. It repeals every law “in conflict” without naming one.It never says what replaces our grievance and appeal rights. Do not sign blank.
EARLY VOTING OCT 14 – 29 · ELECTION DAY TUE NOV 3, 7am – 7pm
Your polling place & sample ballot:
web.go-vote-tn.elections.tn.gov/search
Bring a photo ID.
Scan for the full breakdown
laboreducation.org/ballot-2026
MEMPHIS BALLOT · TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026Memphis & West TN Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
3 Referendums. Plain English.
On the back of your ballot. Here is what each one actually does.
VoteYESOrdinance 5966Puts Memphis & Shelby County Public Library workers back under civil service protection.A librarian should have the same job protection as any other city worker.
VoteYESOrdinance 5977Makes paid lobbyists at City Hall register and say who pays them.If corporate money is writing city policy, we should be able to name it out loud.
VoteNOOrdinance 5978A blank check to rewrite city worker appeals. It repeals every law “in conflict” without naming one.It never says what replaces our grievance and appeal rights. Do not sign blank.
EARLY VOTING OCT 14 – 29 · ELECTION DAY TUE NOV 3, 7am – 7pm
Your polling place & sample ballot:
web.go-vote-tn.elections.tn.gov/search
Bring a photo ID.
Scan for the full breakdown
laboreducation.org/ballot-2026
