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Some first-time voters in Tennessee can't cast absentee ballot
PROVO, UT - November 6: A employee at the Utah County Election office puts mail in ballots into a container to register the vote in the midterm elections on November 6, 2018 in Provo, Utah. Utah early voting has been the highest ever in Utah's midterm elections. One of the main proportions on the ballot in Utah is whether Utah will legalize medical marijuana. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say they plan to enforce a requirement that first-time voters who register by mail cast their ballots in person.
That's despite a judge's ruling in early June that all eligible voters can cast absentee ballots during the coronavirus pandemic, but doesn't directly address the first-time voters restriction.
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sought to block that law in a mid-June federal court filing, saying it's unclear if the state judge's order allows that group to vote by mail.
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)The state responded that it and county officials acted as though the first-time voting requirement "would apply as usual in the upcoming elections."
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