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Election Law Changes for Tennessee Legislators
This bill allows long-serving Tennessee state senators and representatives to get signatures from voters outside their districts on nominating petitions.
What This Bill Does
- Changes the rules about who can sign a legislator's nominating petition.
- Allows senators with at least eight years of service to use voter signatures from their county, even if those voters cannot vote for them.
- Permits representatives with at least ten years of service to also get signatures from voters in their county, regardless of eligibility to vote for the representative.
Who It Names or Affects
- Tennessee state senators who have served for eight or more consecutive years
- Tennessee state representatives who have served for ten or more consecutive years
Terms To Know
- nominating petition
- A document used to nominate a candidate for an election.
- consecutive years
- Years that follow each other without interruption.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify how many signatures are needed or what happens if the rules change.
- It is unclear how this will affect elections in Tennessee.