Tennessee Senate Again Postpones Consideration of Ballot Access Bill

On April 28, the Tennessee Senate, which had been set to debate the ballot access bill that day, postponed that bill until May 5. The Senate bill, SB 935, has seven amendments pending, some of which lower the number of signatures needed for a new party to get on the ballot. One amendment proposes 10,000 signatures, and another amendment proposes 6,000. This is the sixth time the Senate has postponed consideration of the bill. It was originally on the consent calendar for March 21, but was removed. Since then it has been scheduled for the regular calendar on March 24, March 29, April 7, April 14, and April 28, but each time it was postponed to a future day.

The House has already passed a companion bill that leaves the number of signatures at 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote (40,042 signatures). The legislature must pass some bill on this subject this year, because the existing law was held unconstitutional last year.


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Tennessee Senate Again Postpones Consideration of Ballot Access Bill — 2 Comments

  1. Thanks for this update. Good to know that the previous Tennessee law was found unconstitutional. Do you know if they are also changing the laws for Independent Candidates? That’s probably the easiest way to get on the ballot now and explains why Third Party candidates usually don’t run under a New Party in Tennessee.

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