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No Constitutional Right to Distribute Absentee-Ballot Applications

Robert Timothy Reagan
November 4, 2023

Lichtenstein v. Hargett (Eli Richardson and Aleta A. Trauger, M.D. Tenn. 3:20-cv-736)
A time-sensitive federal complaint challenged Tennessee’s proscription on the distribution of absentee-ballot applications by persons other than election officials, noting the importance of absentee voting during a global infectious pandemic. The district court denied immediate relief.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Absentee ballots; Covid-19; case assignment; signature matching.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Case Assignment | Early Voting | Signature Matching | Emergency Proceedings | Covid-19 | U.S. District Courts | M.D. Tenn.