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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 17, 2021

The Associated Press reported today that State Election Coordinator Mark Goins helped lay the groundwork for HR 23, a state House resolution that would have set in motion a proceeding to remove Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle from office. A five-page memo from Goins to Rep. Tim Rudd, R-Murfreesboro, lays out a number of complaints against Lyle’s decision to expand the approved reasons for absentee voting during the November 2020 election. He also reportedly takes issue with Lyle’s “tone” and comments she made related to the decision. According to Goins, Rudd asked him to provide the information. Rudd sponsored HR23 and obtained quite a few cosponsors but the resolution was defeated in the House Civil Justice Subcommittee last week.