On March 2, the Tennessee Attorney General’s office filed a notice, indicating that he expects to appeal the ballot access case to the 6th circuit. The case is Green Party of Tennessee v Hargett. On February 3, the U.S. District Court had held the state’s ballot access law for minor parties to be unconstitutional.
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Tennessee should switch to a Top 2 Open primary. It already has easy access for independent candidates, and could simply let candidates specify their party.