The Shelby County Commission is about to begin the first round of voting. The nominees are all the commission's own -- Joe Ford, J.W. Gibson II and acting mayor Joyce Avery.
Criminal Court Clerk Otis Higgs is not part of this round, but it is unlikely that any of the three will get the votes required. The commissioners, including Chairman Sidney Chism, have made it clear they don't want to give Ford and Gibson more than one round.
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