TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 4, 2024

Four members of the Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Committee have filed suit against the organization seeking to strip non-elected committee members of their right to vote on party business. According to Tennessee Lookout, the law mandates that political parties have an executive committee composed of one man and one woman from each of the state’s 33 Senate districts. The Democratic Party also allows representatives from the House and Senate Democratic Caucuses, Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women, Tennessee Democratic County Chairs Association, Tennessee Young Democrats, College Democrats and High School Democrats to serve on its executive committee. The group argues there is nothing in state law that allows these ex-officio members to have voting rights. The party argues that while the law sets out the minimum number of members, it does not prohibit the addition of others.