Tennessee Officials Challenge Judge’s Ruling on Voting Rights for Felons

Tennessee election officials are objecting to a judge’s ruling that restored the voting rights of four people who can’t have guns under their specific felony offenses, citing a new state law that makes resolving gun and other “citizenship rights” of convicted felons a prerequisite to casting ballots.

The state expressed its disagreement in a court motion filed just days before the Oct. 7 voter registration deadline. 

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