MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Will Shelby County Commissioners override a second veto by Mayor Lee Harris?

They discussed it as a possibility during Wednesday's committee meeting after Harris blocked their plans to change school board elections.

Last month, commissioners voted to sync up school board elections with their own.

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In his veto, issued earlier this month, Harris wrote in part, "Absent an emergency or in the case of criminal misconduct, I do not believe that the terms of elected officials should be shortened. As such, I hereby veto."

In committee, Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. asked if there'd be enough votes for it to be a successful veto.

"I know this is coming up on Monday. It requires eight votes to

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