Tennesseans have a history of not showing up to the polls, according to nonpartisan think tank Think Tennessee.But one group is looking to change that this time

According to a report from the University of Florida, Tennessee ranked 43rd out of 50 states in voter turnout for the 2024 election.Tennessee

After the 1870 ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, which barred states from depriving citizens of the right to vote on the basis of race, Southern states began using tactics intended to undermine it.

The annual attempt to tie voters' hand by forcing them to register a political party affiliation, or none at all, is underway.

Marsha Blackburn, John Rose and a few other hypothetical candidates make our speculative shortlist for the 2026 race to replace Gov. Bill Lee

You don’t have to like my decorations, but that doesn’t mean Germantown has the right to force me to take them down.”