Court rules Tenn. must expand absentee voting
An election worker took the time to arrange the “I voted” stickers at Second Baptist Church on Walnut Grove in this file photo. A judge ruled Thursday, June 4, that Tennessee must expand absentee voting because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The judge ruled in favor of two groups, including Memphis and Nashville residents who said their health could be jeopardized if they were forced to vote in person.
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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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