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Voters

Tennessee’s voter restoration process is now before a federal court

Marianna Bacallao

January 16, 2025

A federal appeals court will soon decide on the future of voting restoration in Tennessee. Here’s what arguments it heard.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, Campaign Legal Center, disenfranchisement, felons, felony conviction, Free Hearts, NAACP, Tennessee State Election Commission, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Disenfranchised Tennesseans will have their votes counted in the 2024 election, officials say

Marianna Bacallao

November 22, 2024

The votes of six formerly incarcerated Tennesseans will be counted in the 2024 election, despite a state election policy that disqualifies them from voting. The decision from Tennessee’s coordinator of elections comes as the state continues to oppose restoring the voting rights of Tennesseans with certain felony convictions.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felony conviction, Jonathan Skrmetti, Mark Goins, Tennessee State Election Commission, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Tennessee’s motion to stop formerly incarcerated Tennesseans from voting fails a second time. The state isn’t giving up.

Marianna Bacallao

November 18, 2024

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A Nashville judge has maintained that disenfranchised Tennesseans can restore their voting rights, counter to a state election rule.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felony conviction, Free Hearts, Tennessee State Election Commission, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Disenfranchised Tennesseans can vote in this election, Nashville judge rules

Marianna Bacallao

November 4, 2024

Monday’s ruling has opened the door for disenfranchised Tennesseans to cast a ballot, but the final decision still rests in the state election commission’s hands.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felony conviction, Free Hearts, Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee State Election Commission, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

‘We want people to hear our voices’: Election Day inside a Nashville jail

Marianna Bacallao

October 29, 2024

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Election Day is one week away for the majority of Nashvillians. But for people incarcerated in Davidson County’s jails, in-person voting happens one week earlier, on Tuesday, Oct. 29.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County jail, Davidson County Sheriff's Office, Elections 2024, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

A Nashville judge restored her voting rights. Then the state stepped in.

Marianna Bacallao

October 28, 2024

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A Nashville judge will soon decide if a group of disenfranchised voters can cast a ballot in this election. The order could pave the way for more people to restore their voting rights.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felony conviction, Free Hearts, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Tennessee elections aren’t competitive. That’s not the only reason voter turnout is so low.

Marianna Bacallao

October 8, 2024

Tennessee is in the bottom five states when it comes to voter turnout. A new report finds that state policy makes voting harder for communities of color and disabled voters.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felons, felony conviction, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Nashville judge rules against a controversial Tennessee voting restriction

Marianna Bacallao

September 9, 2024

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A Nashville judge has restored the voting rights of four people in Davidson County, dissenting from a contentious state requirement.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Campaign Legal Center, disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felons, felony conviction, Free Hearts, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Tennessee won’t purge voter rolls of people who disregard a letter asking them to prove citizenship

Jonathan Mattise, APandKimberlee Kruesi, AP

July 18, 2024

Tennessee elections officials say any state registered voters among the thousands recently asked to prove their citizenship can stay on the voting rolls even if they don’t respond to the request.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, Associated Press, Elections 2024, immigrant, immigrants, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters

‘This is a ploy:’ Tennessee rule requires former felons to have gun rights restored before voting rights

Blaise Gainey

January 25, 2024

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The Secretary of State’s Office in Tennessee says formerly incarcerated felons must get their gun rights restored before their voting rights. This is due to an update in the state’s voter restoration process, and the rule is causing a split between Republicans and Democrats in the House.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Elections 2024, firearms, tnleg, tnpol, Voters, voting rights

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