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(Aug. 9, 2019) — Mayors who are taking part in our Mayors Growing Civic Engagement project are being recognized across the state. Read about Kingsport Mayor Pat Shull and former mayor John [...]

(July 31, 2019)–Nashville’s WSMV News Channel 4 and WTVF News Channel 5 both covered our recent Mayors Civic Engagement project. Watch the News Channel 4 clip here. Watch the News [...]

The Tennessean (Aug. 2, 2019) — The statistics are grim. Tennessee ranks at the bottom when it comes to voter turnout (No. 49) and voter registration (No. 45) in statewide elections for [...]

Brentwood Homepage (July 31, 2019) — Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson and Franklin Mayor Ken Moore are both joining an effort to increase civic engagement with nonpartisan think tank [...]

NASHVILLE (July 31, 2019) – Tennesseans once led the way on civic engagement, but today our citizens vote far less regularly than most Americans. Voter turnout in Tennessee consistently ranks [...]

WPLN Public Radio (July 18, 2019) — There’s a new push to restore voting rights to felons in Tennessee. Several states, including Florida and New York, have recently expanded [...]

Grand Divisions Podcast — On this episode, we revisit Baker v. Carr, the landmark 1962 case that led to a “reapportionment revolution” while ensuring minorities had equal [...]

Daily Memphian (June 28, 2019) — The impact of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in which it declined to set limits on partisan gerrymandering could be felt in Tennessee when it starts [...]

Shanna Singh Hughey quoted on recent Supreme Court ruling’s impact on the redistricting process in the Chattanooga Times Free Press (June 27, 2019) Read the full story here

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 27, 2019) – A new policy brief released today by nonpartisan think tank ThinkTennessee finds that even small changes to the process Tennessee uses to draw its federal and [...]