A Nashville judge has restored the voting rights of four people in Davidson County, dissenting from a contentious state requirement.
Advocacy groups slam Tennessee’s voter verification letters
Advocacy groups are pointing people to legal guidance after they received letters from the Tennessee Secretary of State urging them to verify their residency or remove themselves from voter logs.
Anger ripples after Tennessee election officials ask naturalized citizens to prove status before voting
The Tennessee Secretary of State’s office is trying to convince registered voters who are immigrants to show proof of their residency. A letter went out to more than 14,000 voters letting them know that voting illegally is a crime.
Watchdog group asks Congress to investigate Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles, flagging $1M discrepancy in financial disclosures
Tennessee Republican Congressman Andy Ogles is the subject of an ethics complaint released Tuesday by the Campaign Legal Center. The watchdog group has flagged a more than $1 million discrepancy in Ogles’ financial disclosures to Congress.
Tennessee inflicts a strict voter re-registration process on formerly incarcerated people. A trial will determine if it’s constitutional.
Across America around 4.6 million formerly incarcerated people are barred from voting. And in Tennessee, a recent state Supreme Court ruling makes it harder for anyone with a conviction on their record — either in or out of state — to get their voting rights reinstated.
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