TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 25, 2021

The Davidson County Election Commission voted along party lines today to appeal a Nashville chancellor’s order canceling a planned July referendum election related to the city’s taxing authority, the Nashville Post reports. The commission cancelled the planned July 27 election given the time frame for an appeal and set a conditional date in September for a new election if it prevails. Lawyers for the commission said they would look into asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to take up the case instead of going to the appeals court in an effort to expedite the matter. Earlier this week, Davidson County Chancellor Russell Perkins canceled the referendum saying the petition calling for the election was invalid.