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election

Advocacy groups slam Tennessee’s voter verification letters

Blaise Gainey

July 10, 2024

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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.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Campaign Legal Center, election, Elections 2024, Secretary of State, voting rights

Super Tuesday brought no surprises in Tennessee as Biden, Trump face off for presidency

Blaise Gainey, Rachel Iacovone, Alexis MarshallandCynthia Abrams

March 6, 2024

Likely because of the predictable outcome, voter turnout across the nation has been low in comparison to past primaries. The same held true in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: democrats, Donald Trump, election, election day, Elections, Elections 2024, Joe Biden, primary elections, republicans, Sumner County Constitutional Republicans

Tennessee doesn’t require voters to register by party. A new proposal to allow it is causing confusion.

Blaise Gainey

February 21, 2024

A bill moving through the Tennessee legislature would allow voters to register with a party, ultimately skipping the current process of choosing which primary ballot they want. Some find the language of the measure contradictory. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, election, legislation, primary elections, tnleg, tnpol, voting

How a far-right political group rose to power in Sumner County — and what they’re pursuing in the next election

Blaise Gainey

February 5, 2024

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Sumner County’s upcoming elections could have a major impact on public life for years to come. That’s thanks in large part to a hard-right branch of the Republican party and its surprising rise to power.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: conservatives, election, republicans, Sumner County, Sumner County Commission, Sumner County Constitutional Republicans

From voter to official: Davidson County residents answer Election Commission’s need for poll workers

Cynthia Abrams

September 4, 2023

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Staffing polls is just one element of ensuring an election runs smoothly — and it’s not always easy.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Election Commission, Davidson County elections, election, Election Commission, election workers, poll officials, poll watchers, poll workers, staffing, voting

Nashville’s mayoral finalists differ politically — and in campaign fundraising.

Cynthia Abrams

August 11, 2023

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Over the first few weeks of July, Freddie O’Connell gathered more than twice as much in donations as Alice Rolli, and he has double the funds in hand for the runoff sprint.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Alice Rolli, campaign finance, election, Freddie O'Connell, mayor, Mayoral election, mayoral race, Nashville mayor, Nashville mayoral race, Nashville runoff, Runoff 2023, Runoff election

The polls are open! Here’s what early voters had to say about Davidson County’s 2023 municipal election

Rose Gilbert

July 14, 2023

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The Howard Office Building, which houses the Davidson County Clerk’s office, is one of the most popular polling locations. On Friday morning, it was bristling with campaign signs for the dozens of candidates running for local offices, including mayor and Metro Council.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Vox Pop Questions, WPLN News Tagged With: Early voting, election, Mayor's race 2023, Mayoral Race 2023, nashville local elections, Nashville Metro Council

Nashville affordable housing — mayoral candidates respond to a WPLN listener’s question

Cynthia Abrams

July 7, 2023

WPLN asked Nashville’s mayoral candidates questions from listeners. Here’s what they had to say on affordable housing.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 2023 election, affordable housing, city, city-state relations, climate change, Early voting, election, environment, General Assembly, gun violence, Housing, Mayor's race 2023, mayoral candidates, Mayoral election, Mayoral Race 2023, Nashville mayor, Nashville mayoral race, public transit, school safety, transit

Why Tennessee is one of the hardest states to vote in

Blaise Gainey

May 25, 2023

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Since 2020, more than half of states across the country have made it harder on citizens wanting to cast a ballot. That includes Tennessee. The state has tightened the screws and left voters to navigate a complex and ever-changing set of rules. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: absentee voting, election, voting, voting rights

What topics do you want the Nashville mayoral candidates to address?

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

May 3, 2023

Affordable housing. The future Titans stadium. School safety. Those are just three of the many, many local issues the next mayor of Nashville will have to address. But what do you want the 15 mayoral candidates to weigh in on?

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, Metro, Politics, Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: election, Mayoral Race 2023

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