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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 9, 2020

Tennessee Elections Coordinator Mark Goins confirmed yesterday that all 95 counties in the state have updated their websites or written materials to reflect a judge’s order to expand absentee voting, the Associated Press reports. Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle last month ordered Goins to tell counties to update their information after plaintiffs attorneys named 20 counties with absentee request forms or other website mentions that didn’t correctly reference COVID-19 as a reason to vote absentee.  Earlier this week, Lyle said it was “still unknown” whether counties were complying and ordered an update from Goins, which he provided in a court filing on Wednesday.