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FILE — In this July 23, 2018, file photo, Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle presides over a court case in Nashville, Tenn. Almost every Tennessee House Republican says hearings should be held for the removal of Ellen Hobbs Lyle, who expanded absentee voting in the 2020 election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sparking warnings from legal experts that lawmakers are seriously considering an unprecedented breach of judicial independence. (Larry McCormack/The Tennessean via AP, File)

Election office aided push to oust judge over voting ruling

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI - Associated Press

FILE — In this July 23, 2018, file photo, Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle presides over a court case in Nashville, Tenn. Almost every Tennessee House Republican says hearings should be held for the removal of Ellen Hobbs Lyle, who expanded absentee voting in the 2020 election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sparking warnings from legal experts that lawmakers are seriously considering an unprecedented breach of judicial independence. (Larry McCormack/The Tennessean via AP, File)

House panel rejects push to oust judge over absentee voting

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

FILE — In this July 23, 2018, file photo, Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle presides over a court case in Nashville, Tenn. Almost every Tennessee House Republican says hearings should be held for the removal of Ellen Hobbs Lyle, who expanded absentee voting in the 2020 election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sparking warnings from legal experts that lawmakers are seriously considering an unprecedented breach of judicial independence. (Larry McCormack/The Tennessean via AP, File)

Push to oust judge over absentee vote ruling sparks outcry

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

A poll worker pushes a container of sanitized pens to a voter to be used in voting Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Brentwood, Tenn. The state is encouraging voters to wear masks and follow social distancing protocols at the polls. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Judge orders Tennessee to mention virus on mail voting form

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Judge: Tennessee not in contempt for new voter by-mail limit

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Tennessee officials want mail voting appeal fast-tracked

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Tennessee makes mail voting form changes ordered by judge

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Tennessee judge: Virus by-mail voting guidelines ambiguous

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FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2017 file photo, the statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest sits in a park in Memphis, Tenn. The removal of three statues of Confederate leaders from public parks in Memphis, Tenn., did not violate state law because they were on private property when they were torn down, a judge ruled Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle in Nashville said the move by Memphis to bring down the statues of Gen. Forrest, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Capt. J. Harvey Mathes from two city parks on Dec. 20 should not be blocked. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File)

Judge rules Confederate statues removal by Memphis is legal

By ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

Judge rejects Fisk deal to sell O’Keeffe share

By ERIK SCHELZIG - Associated Press