Bill making camp-out protests a felony comes under fire
Demonstrators gather outside the Capitol in Nashville, Monday, June 1, 2020, during a vigil over the death of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis. (Kimberlee Kruesi/AP)
A new law stripping people’s voting rights for camping on restricted state property is drawing heat from voting rights advocates and state lawmakers who say it is unjustified.
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Raumesh Akbari Bill Lee Paul Rose Earle Fisher Cameron SextonSam 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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