Civil rights groups sue Tennessee over law imposing new penalties on voter registration
(Reuters) - Civil rights groups in Tennessee have asked a federal court to block enforcement of a new state law that threatens to impose new penalties on voter-registration groups if they file too many incomplete forms.
The state’s Republican Governor, Mike Lee, signed the bill passed by the Republican-dominated legislature on Thursday, saying it would help ensure the integrity of elections.
The law imposes fines on groups that file more than 100 incomplete voter registration forms and threatens paid workers who file more than 100 forms without state training with up to a year in jail.
U.S. politicians, particularly Republicans, have long cited concerns about fraud to justify laws restricting access to polls. But independent researchers have documented only a handful of cases over the years, and many Democrats and civil rights groups say the restrictions disproportionately affect poorer voters and members of minority groups.
The Tennessee Conference of the NAACP and the three other civil rights group sued the state in U.S. District Court in Nashville, calling the law an effort at voter suppression and asking a judge to stop its enforcement. They said it will hurt their work enrolling African-Americans and members of other minority groups, many of whom tend to vote for Democrats, in a state that already has one of the lowest election turnout rates in the nation.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennessee-election/civil-rights-groups-sue-tennessee-over-law-imposing-new-penalties-on-voter-registration-idUSKCN1S91QS
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