TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 2, 2020

A Nashville judge ruled today that the state does not have to produce records on absentee voters before Election Day to the Tennessee Democratic Party and U.S. Senate nominee Marquita Bradshaw, the Tennessean reports. The parties had filed suit seeking access to the names of voters across the state who have requested and received absentee ballots but have not yet returned completed ballots to their local election commissions. They said they needed the information to better target get-out-the-vote efforts. Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal ruled there was "insufficient proof" that the parties had complied with the Tennessee Public Records Act or made a public records request to the named defendants.