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Elections

Nashville Must Hold Next Mayor’s Election In May, Court Rules

By Tony Gonzalez, Blake FarmerandNatasha Senjanovic

April 10, 2018

Updated 5 p.m. Nashville must hold its special election between May 21 and 25 — two and a half months sooner than anticipated — according to a ruling Tuesday from the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Elections, Next Mayor

Election Officials Reassure Worried Lawmakers That Tennessee’s Voting Records Are Secure

By Chas Sisk

January 16, 2018

Listen Tennessee’s top election officials tried to allay fears that the state’s voting records are vulnerable to hacking, even as they acknowledged there’s a significant risk that outside groups could try to disrupt future elections.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections, Politics

In Early Voting Dispute, Metro Council Could Respond With Election Funding Cut

By Tony Gonzalez

June 10, 2015

Listen A dispute over Davidson County’s early voting locations reached a new level on Wednesday, with some members of the Metro Council threatening to cut funding for the Election Commission.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Elections, Sheri Weiner

Watching for Potential Election Day Errors

By Nina Cardona

August 1, 2012

Voters go to the polls today for state primary elections and some local races. New identification requirements and changes to the shape of voting districts bring the potential for confusion or mistakes. State and federal officials say they’re prepared to deal with any problems.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 2012election, 2012state, Elections, FBI, Tennessee Division of Elections, US Attorney, voter ID, voter identification

WPLN’s StoryCorps: Casting a First Vote

By Bradley George

July 30, 2012

Listen Now: For the last few weeks, we’ve been bringing you stories recorded in Middle Tennessee, during StoryCorps’ recent visit to Nashville. Today, we close out the series with the story of Remziya Sulyeman. She cast her first vote in America, in 2005. But it wasn’t on a US ballot.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts and Life, Elections, Immigration, StoryCorps

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