Governor refuses Black Caucus’ request for universal absentee vote
Voters cast their ballots on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at the Reformed Presbyterian Church polling location in Germantown. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Despite COVID-19 cases continuing to spread statewide, with Tennessee counting 373 more Thursday, Gov. Bill Lee is rejecting a request by the Tennessee Black Caucus to issue an executive order allowing universal absentee voting.
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Sam Stockard
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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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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