Legislative Updates

The General Assembly likely has heard all the election bills they plan to hear this session. Although some proposed legislation still awaits a final vote, at this point in the legislative cycle [...]

Last November’s election saw record-breaking voter turnout in Tennessee, with more than three million Tennesseans casting a ballot despite the global health crisis. Tennessee voters sent our [...]

June 3, 2020 Representatives in the House rejected an amendment to temporarily expand absentee voting after brief floor debate.   Representative Lamar (D-Memphis) introduced an amendment to a [...]

June 2, 2020 The Senate State and Local Government Committee discussed two election bills during what was likely their last hearing of the year. It voted down a bill to expand absentee voting [...]