TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 10, 2021

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery and Secretary of State Tre Hargett have signed letters written by their Republican colleagues criticizing H.R. 1, a Democratic-backed federal voting rights bill making its way through the U.S. legislature. Slatery signed on to a letter written by the Indiana attorney general contending that the measure betrays “Constitutional deficiencies and alarming mandates that, if passed, would federalize state elections and impose burdensome costs and regulations on state and local officials.” Hargett signed on to a letter written by the Alabama secretary of state, which claims the bill is “a dangerous overreach by the federal government” into state-run elections. The bill passed the U.S. House along party lines last week. Tennessee Lookout has more on the legislation.