NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Voting rights groups argue Tennessee's continued enforcement of a law baring many first-time voters from casting absentee ballots doesn’t comply with a judge’s ruling that all eligible voters can vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic.
The American Civil Liberties Union and others that sued to expand absentee voting filed a motion Monday to hold Tennessee officials in contempt of court. They cited efforts to keep imposing the law that requires new voters who register by mail to vote in person during their first election.
The groups said the number of voters affected is “substantial,” with more than 144,000 new registrations in the last half of 2019.
