TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Mar 4, 2024

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Mac Heavener will lead the efforts of the office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for Tuesday's primary election. AUSA Heavener has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO), and in that capacity, will be responsible for overseeing the office’s handling of election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff and election fraud, in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington, D.C.