Tennessee law says that the political party holding a majority in the State House of Representatives is entitled to appoint a majority of the seats in each county’s Election Commission. That provision, in existence since 1870, has never been tested or applied because Republicans had never had a majority in the State House of Representatives. But in 2008 Republicans did gain a one-vote majority in the House. Now, county Election Commissioners are wondering about their status, as this interesting newspaper story explains.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
Wow! I don’t what’s weirder, the story itself or the way it’s written. He said, she said. An incredible amount of detail about the discussions. Then it gets into absentee voting and voter caging. And the scariest part at the end–about their voting equipment. Or lack of it.