TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on May 28, 2020

Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle will decide next week on whether to issue a temporary injunction that would allow all voters to cast ballots by mail in the August primary to decrease their risk of contracting COVID-19, the Associated Press reports. State officials have said they “cannot feasibly implement” a quick shift to let all voters cast absentee ballots in the 2020 elections. Next week’s hearing will include discussion on two similar state court lawsuits, one from the Memphis-based voting rights group #UpTheVote901 and another from the American Civil Liberties Union. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Campaign Legal Center have also filed similar federal suits.