NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP.WMOT) — Election officials have made changes to the Tennessee absentee voting application ordered by a Nashville judge.
Republican Secretary of State Tre Hargett's website and the vote-by-mail application were edited Thursday after Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle ordered the change earlier in the day.
Judge Lyle scolded state officials in court for making their own edits after she required a universal mail-in voting option during the coronavirus pandemic. The state instead made another box dedicated to COVID-19.
The judge on Thursday ordered the state to remove it.
Voters can request an absentee ballotnow through July 30. Early voting for the August 6 state, federal, and county primary and general elections begins July 17.
