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TN Democratic Party’s public records suit over absentee ballots misfires

By Deborah Fisher|2021-01-27T17:03:42-06:00November 2, 2020|Categories: public records lawsuits Tennessee, state records|Tags: absentee ballots, Chancellor Patricia Moskal, elections, Marquita Bradshaw, Tennessee Democratic Party, Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, voter records|0 Comments

Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Moskal denied a request for an injunction to force the production of data that could show which Tennesseans have not yet returned absentee ballots. Her ruling was based largely on lack of proof that a public records request for the data had actually been made. In an election eve hearing today, attorney Benjamin Gastel of Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, argued that his client, the Tennessee Democratic Party, and the other plaintiff, the Marquita Bradshaw for Senate Campaign, had requested the data from five county election commissions and the Secretary of State's office. Chancellor Patricia Moskal Gastel said they wanted to find out the names of the [...]

Are Tennessee voter registration records public?

Update, 7-5-2017: I asked the Secretary of State's Office about what voter registration records were available under the Tennessee Public Records Act from the state. They responded today to say that county election commissions are the custodians of permanent voter registration records, which are open for public inspection as per T.C.A. 2-2-127. The state does have a central list of voter registration records that reflects the data that has been transferred to it by each county. However, the Secretary of State's Office said that any list generated from this data would be governed by the statute T.C.A. 2-2-138 (e) that requires anyone requesting such a list from the state to certify [...]