TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on Oct 28, 2022

Sixth Circuit judges hearing a challenge to a Tennessee voting law expressed concern with portions of the law during arguments Thursday morning, the Tennessean reports. Under a 1994 law, only election commission employees are authorized to distribute absentee ballot applications. Anyone else doing so is committing a felony — even though the forms are freely available to download on the state's website. Senior Judge Helene N. White pressed the state during its rebuttal period on that point. "I could be sitting with my grandmother, I fill out the form for her, I go to the printer and I hand it to her, and I've committed a felony," she asked, "right?"