Judge denies state request to dismiss voter registration lawsuit
U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Trauger has denied the state’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by four groups challenging a new voter registration law packed with penalties for turning in incomplete forms. (Daily Memphian file)
A federal judge has denied the state’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by four groups challenging a new voter registration law filled with penalties for turning in incomplete forms as well as other requirements the judge questioned.
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Mark Goins Aleta A. Trauger Charlane Oliver Tre HargettSam 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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