Governor: Fear of COVID-19 no reason for mail-in absentee ballots
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, center, seen here with a mask on April 14, 2020, in Chattanooga. Lee doesn't believe fear of catching COVID-19 qualifies as a reason to vote by mail. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
Gov. Bill Lee and state Election Coordinator Mark Goins say fear of catching COVID-19 does not qualify as a reason to vote by mail as the state faces two legal challenges of its absentee ballot rules.
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Bill Lee Mark Goins Tre Hargett Jake BrownSam 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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