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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jan 28, 2025

Shelby County commissioners on Monday announced the process and timeline for filling a vacancy that will be created with the March 1 retirement of Shelby County General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Bill Anderson. The Daily Memphian reports that the commission will consider a resolution setting a deadline of Feb. 12 for attorneys to apply for appointment, and then interview applicants on Feb. 19 and make the appointment at its Feb. 25 meeting. Under the proposed process, the appointee will serve until the winner of an August 2026  special election, which will appear on the county general election ballot, is certified. The winner of the election will serve out the remainder of Anderson’s eight-year term, which began in September 2022.