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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 04:55 AM Apr 2020

Tennessee election officials making adjustments amid COVID-19 spread

[link:https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/04/09/tennessee-election-officials-making-adjustments-amid-covid-spread/|

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - With coronavirus likely to be circulating around the country for months to come, there are already concerns if it will be safe for people to vote later this summer and heading into the 2020 election.

Tennesseeans will be heading back to the polls on August 6 for county elections, plus primary state and federal elections.

Early voting will start sometime in mid-July.

Phillips says she is working with the legislature to allow processing absentee ballots earlier if needed.

More at link but heads up because they don't do anything in this state that does not directly benefit repukes, with the exception of Dem leadership in Memphis & Nashville.

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