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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 10, 2021

Freshman Rep. Todd Warner, R-Chapel Hill, did not appear at today’s meeting of the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance, the Tennessee Journal reports. The registry was set to hear Warner’s request to waive his campaign finance disclosure requirement due to an FBI raid on his home and office. Executive Director Bill Young said Warner had indicated he or his attorney would attend the meeting. In the absence of either, the registry agreed to send a letter to Warner saying the panel does not have the authority to waive filing requirements. The group also denied a similar request from Rep. David Byrd, R-Waynesboro, who missed filing his campaign finance disclosure while hospitalized for COVID-19.