Tennessee Coalition for Open Government executive director Deborah Fisher tweets about public records and open meetings. We've been around since 2003.
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3 Nov 2023
We celebrated with many friends TCOG's 20th Anniversary this week, honoring our founder Frank Gibson. Here are a few pics!
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Tennessee Statehood Day on June 1. A nice little read of history by my old friend Bill Carey who runs Tennessee History for Kids. t.e2ma.net/share/inbound/t/p…
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Johnson wants the state election coordinator of elections to certify that election commissions have sufficient time to implement changes in accurate manner. amendment fails.
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A lot of these amendment have to do with stability of congressional districts, problems with rushed changes, and keeping districts as compact as possible and not done for political purposes only.
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Johnson amendment says new maps will create chaos with election officials -- Election changes should not create chaos for election officials or candidates, she said. fails.
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Salinas has amendment about voter awareness, giving voters 60 days about revised district boundaries. She noted Trump has said likes nothing more than uninformed voters. Failed.
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Powell notes that now that they have changed the law, the legislature can come back every year and change congressional districts. Which he said reduces public confidence in democracy.
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Jones said they are filing so many amendments because they were not put on committees to discuss them. And had less than 24 hours to consider the bills.
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Another Powell amendment. "The general assembly finds that representative democracy functions best when voters choose their representatives and congressional districts remain stable between apportionments."
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Jones notes that reason amendments are untimely filed is because they did not have time to file because of the rushed schedule.
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Powell amendment adds "The general assembly finds that stable and fairly constructed congressional districts strengthen republican self-government and preserve confidence in constitutional representative democracy"
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It's a simple principle because each congressman represents people, he says.
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Another Johnson amendment calls for stable congressional districts, not just changing them for political needs. Fails.
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Jason Powell amdt: "Congressional districts established in 2026 must be established based upon the residents and communities contained within each district and not upon assumptions regarding a single statewide political or ideological identity" Fails.
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Salinas amndmt: "If a congressional redistricting plan is enacted between apportionments ... then the congressional redistricting plan enacted must be implemented in a manner that minimizes disruption to voters, candidates, election officials, and election administration." Fails.
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Salinas of Memphis amendment requires legislature to finalize maps 90 days before qualifying deadlines so candidates have time to decide to run and get signatures. Fails. capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Ame…
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Powell offers amendment to allow candidates adequate time to qualify. capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Ame…
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Jason Powell amendment says legislature would use constitutional restraint and "stability in representation, and public confidence in elections are longstanding traditions of representative government in this state. " Also fails. capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Ame…
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Justin Jones has another amendment for "fair representation"... also fails.
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Gabby Salinas' second amendment that requires districts to remain reasonably compact and "not for the purpose of guaranteeing a predetermined statewide partisan outcome." Also fails.
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