TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Feb 24, 2023

The Madison County Election Commission on Thursday discussed, and ultimately rejected, a proposal to extend early voting hours, WBBJ in Jackson reports. Election Commissioner Wendy Trice Martin reported that “it’s been brought before myself and other commissioners to just not even change, but adjust. And that would not cost any more money, any more staffing. Just to have people to be able to have time to get off work and to vote.” Opponents of the change cited Tenn. Code Ann. 2-1-106, which says that any person entitled to vote in an election held in the state may be absent from any service or employment on the day of the election for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed three hours, necessary to vote during the time the polls are open in the county where the person is a resident.