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