'Jim Crow on Steroids': Tennessee gerrymander included nixing rule that voters must be notified about new districts

[highplainsdem]

From Democracy Docket:

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/tennessee-voter-notice-law-change-gop-gerrymander/

In the aggressive congressional gerrymander they adopted Thursday, Tennessee Republicans also removed a provision in state law requiring the government to alert voters about changes to their designated polling places when electoral lines are redrawn.

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Before Thursday, state law required county election commissions to “immediately” notify voters by mail when their polling place or precinct changed because of redistricting. Among other notices, alerts also had to be published in newspapers. The law was meant to ensure that voters know where to cast their ballots during early voting or on election day.

But in their bill repealing a five-decade prohibition on mid-decade redistricting, Republicans included an amendment that only requires county election commissions to post a notice about redrawn congressional districts on their “official website, if one exists.”

Under the repeal, which is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee (R), the secretary of state also has to publish a notice, but mail and newspaper notices are no longer required to inform voters about changed boundaries.

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JFC!

How the fuck does the GOP explain this? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2026-05-08T01:00:19.654Z

[pecosbob]

1. Hey Billy Bob...that's likely to invalidate as many Republican votes as Democratic.

[Chasstev365]

2. Oh, the "right" voters will be notified...