On April 3, the Tennessee State & Local Government Committee defeated SB288. All three Democrats were opposed, as was one Republican, so the bill only had three votes, and four were needed. It is now very likely that a lawsuit will be filed to overturn the Tennessee law on how new parties get on the ballot. It is so restrictive, it has not been used since 1968. Tennessee is in the 6th circuit, so Tennessee is bound by the 2006 decision of the 6th circuit called Libertarian Party of Ohio v Blackwell. That decision struck down an Ohio law on the same subject that was more lenient, and had been used more often, than the Tennessee law.