HB0938 - Tennessee - Election Laws

Companion Bill SB0227. Election Laws - Requires a voter to present qualified photographic identification before voting; voters without proper identification shall be allowed to cast provisional ballots. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB0938 / *SB0227Increase State Expenditures - $51,850 One-Time Forgone State Revenues - $332,500 Bill Summary for HB0938 / *SB0227 Under present law, a valid voter's registration certificate, Tennessee driver license, social security card, credit card bearing the applicant's signature, or other document bearing the applicant's signature is required as evidence of identification for purposes of comparing the person's signature on the application for ballot. This bill revises the acceptable forms of identification to allow only those forms with a photograph of the person. Accordingly, this [...]

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