Campaign Legal Center: Tennessee Must Ease Excuse Requirement for Absentee Ballot During Pandemic
May 02, 2020
May 02, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 2 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release:
The state of Tennessee imposes strict limits on eligibility for voting absentee and even uses criminal penalties to deter people from assisting voters with obtaining absentee ballots. In the midst of a global pandemic, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers' Committee) filed a lawsuit on behalf of two qualified voters and organizations whose . . .
The state of Tennessee imposes strict limits on eligibility for voting absentee and even uses criminal penalties to deter people from assisting voters with obtaining absentee ballots. In the midst of a global pandemic, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers' Committee) filed a lawsuit on behalf of two qualified voters and organizations whose . . .