There are 12 article(s) tagged Robert Meyers:

• August 2026

  • With days left in office, second ouster attempt of Wanda Halbert is near dismissal

    An order requiring the county to pay Halbert’s attorney's fees was signed this week, although the county’s outside attorney objected and could appeal.

    By Bill Dries August 25, 2026

• January 2025

  • Attorney files appeal in dismissal of case to oust Halbert

    Robert Meyers, who is representing the county in the ouster petition, filed the appeal Friday, Jan. 17. The timetable for when the appeal will be heard is uncertain, but Meyers asked that the case be expedited.

    By Jody Callahan January 18, 2025

• November 2024

  • Final brief filed in Wanda Halbert ouster case

    The question before Chancellor Felicia Corbin-Johnson is whether the county attorney’s office could hire a special counsel to pursue an ouster lawsuit that the county attorney could not pursue because of a conflict of interest.

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2024

  • Legal dispute ties up second Wanda Halbert ouster case

    A motion to dismiss the ouster lawsuit against Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert is pending before Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson. If dismissed, it would be the second ouster lawsuit against Halbert to be thrown out in less than a year.

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2024

• September 2024

  • Judge in Halbert ouster complaint weighs second dismissal

    Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson plans to make a ruling in writing “in a week or so” on whether to dismiss or hear the ouster complaint filed last month against Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert.

    By Bill Dries September 17, 2024

  • Judge denies motion that would’ve ousted Wanda Halbert from office

    All sides are back in court Tuesday for a hearing on Halbert’s attorney’s motion to dismiss the case entirely.

    By Bill Dries September 13, 2024

  • Second Halbert ouster suit gets hearing next week

    All sides in the ouster lawsuit are due in Circuit Court next week to sort out various motions including one seeking to declare Wanda Halbert in default for not responding directly to the complaint.

    By Bill Dries September 06, 2024

• March 2023

  • The city’s residency requirement to dominate the race for Memphis mayor

    A line added to a page on the Shelby County Election Commission’s website the last day of February has turned this year’s race for Memphis mayor upside down.

    By Bill Dries March 13, 2023

• February 2019

  • Election Commission will not appeal state ban on IRV

    The Shelby County Election Commission will not appeal a state order barring the use of instant-runoff voting in the 2019 city elections. It is the last major decision of an election commission that is getting three new members.

    By Bill Dries February 20, 2019

• October 2018

  • Shelby County Election Commission sifts through incomplete voter forms

    The Shelby County Election Commission won’t finish entering a flood of approximately 24,000 voter registration applications onto voter rolls by the time early voting starts Wednesday, Oct. 17.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2018

  • Shelby elections administrator promises Cohen she’ll process new voter registrations

    Shelby County’s elections administrator is guaranteeing her office will process some 33,000 new voter-registration applications before early voting starts Wednesday, after being queried by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen.

    By Sam Stockard October 15, 2018

• September 2018

  • Four potential new voting systems for Shelby County get road test

    Three of the four voting systems certified by the state of Tennessee for use in elections would enable voters to get a printed copy of their choices and then complete the voting process by running that printed copy through a scanner.

    By Bill Dries September 23, 2018