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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 6, 2021

Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, is asking questions about Davidson County Election Commission Chair Jim DeLanis’ recent departure from Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, the Nashville Post reports. DeLanis said recently that he was fired because of “threats and pressure” from two clients related to his actions as commission chair. For several months Delanis has been trying to get an anti-tax referendum on the ballot, despite repeated judicial decisions that the proposal is unconstitutional. The firm has said that Delanis retired. McNally is now seeking any documents and correspondence related to DeLanis, the Election Commission and 4 Good Government— the group pushing for the referendum — from Metro Nashville Public Schools to determine if it pressured the firm to dismiss DeLanis.