Tennessee Senate Passes Election Integrity Act Requiring Watermarks on Ballots

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The Senate passed the "Tennessee Election Integrity Act", which requires each county election commission to put watermarks on their ballots. Electronic absentee ballots would be exempt. The act received unanimous, bipartisan support.

Under the Tennessee Election Integrity Act, each county election commission must have their watermark approved by the state coordinator of elections. None of the publicly-available sample ballots will have the watermark. Additionally, signature verification of the voter on absentee ballots will no longer be considered the final verification necessary before counting the ballots – the approved watermark will be. If an absentee ballot is rejected, the official must write "rejected" across its face and include the reason for rejection.

The sponsors on the bill were State Representative Bruce Griffey (R-Paris) and State Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald).

The House is scheduled to vote on the Tennessee Election Integrity Act on Tuesday.

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Tennessee Senate Passes Election Integrity Act Requiring Watermarks on Ballots

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