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House Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee - March 23, 2022 - House Hearing Room 2
A
A
Thank
you
appreciate
that.
Are
there
any
personal
orders
before
we
begin
from
the
members
seeing
none
today
we
have
14
bills
on
the
final
calendar
and
we
will
hear
the
special
calendar
following
the
final
calendar
first
item
up
on
today
we
got
several
that
item
number
one
hb
2489
by
dixie
has
been
road
to
the
hill.
A
Item
number
two
hb
2642
but
representative
powell,
and
he
is
in
the
room
and
at
the
podium.
I
believe
you
have
an
amendment.
You
have
a
code
on
that.
I
do
yes,
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second
on
the
bill.
I
have
motion
and
second
on
the
bill.
I
have
a
motion.
Second,
on
the
amendment
second
motion.
Second,
on
the
amendment.
D
Thank
you,
mimitz15017.
D
I
believe
it
rewrites
the
bill
it
does
it
rewrites
the
bill.
It
does
two
things,
one
is
it.
It
makes
a
update
to
conform
with
the
code
on
a
bill
that
was
passed,
dealing
with
campaign,
finance
and
exception
of
digital
currency,
to
also
clarify
that
also
includes
cryptocurrency,
and
then
it
adds
some
language
about
non-fungible
tokens
which
I
know
many
campaigns
across
the
country
are
now
using
for
campaigns,
allows
you
to
create
those
and
distribute
those
through
your
to
your
campaign.
A
I
see
do
we
want
to
go
ahead
on
15017
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
put
the
amendment
on
the
bill
we'll
have
motion.
Second,
on
the
amendment,
all
those
in
favor
of
adding
the
amendment
to
the
bill
say:
aye
opposed,
nay,
amendment
is
on
the
bill
any
further
comments
on
the
by
the
sponsor
on
the
amended
bill.
If
not.
D
No,
I
I
just
wanted
to
say
to
the
committee.
I
think
that's
going
to
be
we'll
all
find
that
using
the
use
of
non-fungible
tokens
nfts
are
going
to
be
very
important
for
campaigns
moving
forward.
D
This,
as
I
said,
also
clarifies
some
of
the
language
that
we
adopted
when
it
comes
to
digital
currency.
But
nfts
are
an
example.
Is
you
could
create
an
nft
of
say
your
campaign
sign
and
then
be
able
to
give
that
out
to
people
who
would
either
be
volunteering
wanted
to
contribute
to
your
campaign?
You
would
have
to
report
that,
obviously
it
was
a
contribution,
but
the
bottom
line
is
you
would
usually
pay
for
somebody
to
create
that
nft
and
you
report
that
as
an
expense.
That's
all
the
bill
does.
A
You
know
we
had
recently
in
and
members
please,
if
you
want
to
ask
questions,
do
so
recently
chair
lady
patel
hazelwood
passed
hb050653,
which
forbid
the
state
until
2025..
A
This
is
just
the
state
from
accepting
or
using
bitcoins
or
cryptocurrency,
because
it's
such
a
new
technology.
I
knew
we
wanted
to
outlaw
that
for
the
time
being
with
the
state,
but
I've
learned,
and
maybe
you
can
explain
to
us
a
little
bit
more.
I
know
there's
online
digital,
cryptocurrency
and
bitcoins
and
all
these
can
be
traded
and
for
for
or
invested
in
for
more
money
than
their
original
value,
and
some
people
accept
them
as
currency
while
most
governments
do
not.
D
Yeah,
so
currently
you
can
actually
accept
bitcoin
for
your
campaign.
That's
already
part
of
the
code.
This
just
clarifies
and
updates
the
title
you
can
accept
it
then,
once
you
go
to
use
it,
you
have
to
then
sell
it
and
report
that,
as
is,
if
you,
if
you
made
money
from
whether
you
reported
you
report
that
as
an
expense,
so
that's
already
part
of
the
statute.
This
just
clarifies
it
I'm
not
familiar
with.
I
know
chile
hazelwood.
D
I
think
that's
for
local
governments
and
state
governments
when
it
comes
to
the
treasurer
investing
in
those
assets.
So
I
think
that's
a
much
different
issue.
This
is
simply
allowing
and
again
this
goes
on
every
single
day
and
will,
in
other
states
and
across
the
country,
is
people
using
nfts
for
your
campaign.
I.
E
D
It's
going
to
be
something
you'll,
look
back
on
and
say
you
know
pretty
much
everybody.
Hopefully,
next
couple
of
years
you
choose
to
run
again,
you'll
be
using
nfts
for
your
campaign.
It's
just
another.
Just
like
a
campaign
button
you
might
create,
or
a
yard
sign
you're
going
to
have
an
nft.
So
you
know
say
a
member
of
this
committee.
You
know
ryan
williams
decides
he
wants
to
create
an
ft.
D
He
goes
on,
goes
runs
for
higher
office.
Yeah
sure
you
know
his
nft
might
be
worth
more
money
if
he
becomes
the
vice
president.
One
day
just
like,
if
you
had
a
barack
obama
campaign
sign
or
you
had
a
george
w
bush
campaign,
sign,
that's
worth
more
money
on
the
open
market.
There's
no
difference.
A
A
It's
it's
always
a
possibility.
Well,
I
know
that's
not
your
intention,
because
I've
grown
to
know
you
here
that
it
could
be
even
considered
in
some
circles
grow
into
something
that
could
be
used
for
ill-bottom
games
or
even
money
laundering.
We
got
to
be
careful
how
we
treat
this
because
it
could
be
some
bulk.
Knowing
it's
going
to
be
sold
on
the
open
market
for
more
money
tomorrow,
it
could
be
a
way
of
of
using
campaign
funds
to
generate
more
money
for
family
and
friends.
D
Yeah,
so
basically
I
don't
see
how
it's
money
laundering
at
all,
because
you,
if
you
accept,
say
bitcoin,
you
clearly
have
to
define
the
value
and
report
that
so
you
report
the
value
and
then,
if
you
go
to
use
it
for
your
campaign,
you
have
to
sell
and
report
that
money.
So
I
don't,
I
don't
see
any
way.
This
is
money
laundering
at
all
I
mean
this
is
quite
frankly,
you
know
extremely
something
that's
going
to
be
extremely
common.
D
I
think
that
you
know
as
you
as
you
look
at
bitcoin
adoption.
That's
going
to
continue
to
be
something
that's
done
across
this
country
and
nft
is
going
to
be
a
common
place
across
all
campaigns.
Again,
you
could
take
and
argue
anything
you
know.
If
I
had
one
of
harold
loves
t-shirts,
it
looks
really
good
and
it
could
go.
It
could
go
crazy
on
instagram
and
you
know
I
could
turn
around
and
sell
harold
love
t-shirt
for
a
profit,
keep
loving
the
house.
D
So
I
think
you
make
the
same
argument
for
any
sort
of
campaign
item.
But
simply
this
is
just
trying
to
update
the
code
as
it
relates
to
digital
currency
and
then
also
provide
a
mechanism
for
the
use
of
nfts.
E
E
I
guess
I
have
to
go
along
with
those
old
school
folks
and
say
I
need
to
be
able
to
talk
in
dollars
and
cents
about
what's
been
received
and
what's
been
spent
and
how
that
is
denominated
in
dollars,
which
people
understand
as
opposed
to
something
which
could
be
an
investment
and
its
value
goes
up
and
I
got
more
money
to
spend
in
the
campaign
or
it
could
be
something
that
goes
down
in
value
and
I
have
less
money
to
spend
in
a
campaign
when
really
what
our
campaign
expense
account
is
built
around.
E
D
If
I
could,
mr
chairman,
so
when
you
go
to
basically
use
the
cash
in
your
bitcoin,
if
you
will
for
using
it
for
your
campaign,
that's
all
reported
in
dollars
and
cents,
so
that
still
is
applicable.
I
also
know
you
have
a
lot
of
young
folks
in
your
district.
Now
you
got
a
lot
old
people
that
are
using
cryptocurrency,
but
you
know
one
thing
is
you
know
this
is
going
to
continue
to
be
something
that's
going
to.
D
I
think,
especially
with
nfts,
be
a
a
very
prominent
thing
within
campaigns
and
people
want
to
use
them.
It
creates
a
lot
of
excitement.
Matter
of
fact
it
was
just
announced.
Bonnaroo
is
actually
creating
their
own
nft.
So
you
know
I
understand,
there's.
Maybe
some
legislation
out
there
to
take
to
take
a
step
back,
but
this
is
very
prominent
within
the
business
community.
Multiple
businesses
you've
got
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
in
the
economy.
F
Thank
mr
chairman
and
representative
powell,
you
you
gave
an
example
earlier.
Could
you
walk
us
through
this
again
how
it
would
work,
maybe
not
with
my
t-shirt
since
my
colleagues,
he
didn't
get
one
from
me,
but
if
how
would
work
if,
if
a
campaign
would
create
that
non-fungible
token
and
and
then
give
it
away
to
campaign
supporters
or
campaign
workers.
D
Sure
so,
let's
say
you
were
having
a
campaign.
You
wanted
to
create
a
non-punchable
token
campaign
sign,
so
you
created
an
unfunctional
campaign
campaign
sign.
Then
you
had
50
volunteers
that
came
into
your
office
and
wanted
to
make
phone
calls
as
part
of
a
you
know,
incentive
to
reward
those
volunteers
from
making
phone
calls
you
could
transfer
to
them
a
non-fungible
token.
You
would
pay
for
the
cost
of
whoever
designed
that
non-vegetable
token
and
report
that
fee
you
might
hire
a
firm.
F
And
in
the
same
thing,
and
in
the
same
regard,
if
you
gave
them
a
campaign
sign
for
making
those
phone
calls,
they
could
go
if
they
wanted
to
and
sell
the
sign
if
they
wanted
to
in
today's
economy.
They
could
sell
that
sign
that
t-shirt
that
button,
if
they
wanted
to
and
it
wouldn't,
would
not
revert
to
your
campaign
fund.
It
would
be
that
they
would
then
gain
some
monetary
value
from
that
in
the
same
way,
if
they
want
to
sell
that
non-fungible
token,
the
money
would
not
come
back
to
your
campaign.
D
Correct,
that's
exactly
right
and
that-
and
I
guess
just
to
add
is
look.
I
mean
full
disclosure.
I've
collected
political
memorabilia
since
I
was
a
teenager
and
I
have
multiple
campaign
buttons.
You
know
I
paid
for
a
lot
of
those
with
dollars
and
cents
beyond
what
somebody
originally
was
given
that
or
paid
for
it.
That's
just
it
becomes
part
of
the
natural
economy,
but
the
intent
is
when
you
you
can
give
that
away
to
somebody
for
multiple
purposes,
including
making
phone
calls.
You
know
knocking
doors
for
you,
there's
all
different
ways.
A
A
Yes,
next
up,
let's
see
next
up
is
number
three
hb
2813
by
representative
hardaway.
A
He
is
not
at
the
room,
we'll
row
that
to
the
call
of
the
chair
number
four
hb
1125
by
representative
farmer.
A
Excuse
me
we'll
row.
Hb1125
farmers
are
the
call
of
the
chair
number
five
hb
2121
by
representative
warner.
He
is
in
the
room.
Let's
see,
I
believe
you
have
two
amendments
you're
attaching
one.
A
A
G
Came
back
this
week
with
the
committee's
recommendation
and
what
this
bill
does
now.
This
bill
is
about
transparency
in
our
election
process.
We've
had
a
couple
of
elections
recently
that
that
have
people
concerned
about
the
election
process
and
it,
and
that
is
not
where
we
want
to
want
to
be
of
the
state.
G
Additionally,
it
will
likely
protect
tennessee
from
liability,
colorado,
alaska,
d.c
and
louisiana
are
all
being
sued
for
entering
into
contracts
that
prevent
documents
related
to
less
maintenance
from
being
subject
to
opens
records
laws
in
violation
of
section
8
of
the
national
voter
registration
act.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
A
I
believe
the
first
of
all
I
thank
the
the
sponsor
for
working
with
the
committee
to
get
the
bill
in
the
right
position
from
last
week.
I
believe,
as
I
believe
it's
I
believe
it's
there.
Are
there
any
questions
on
the
amended
bill.
C
Thank
my
sponsor,
I
think
maybe
I
asked
you
this
last
week,
but
now
the
state
presently
is
not
in
any
contract
with
any
such
people
that
you're
trying
to
protect
them
from
today.
Would
that
be
a
fair
statement?
Yes,.
G
G
Sir,
I
wouldn't
want
to
I
mean
I
don't
know
if
they
would
ever
do
it
or
not,
I'm
not
familiar
with
how
all
that
process
works
again.
This
bill
just
states
that
that
we're
not
going
to
enter
into
a
contract
with
somebody,
that's
not
transparent,
that
don't
want
to
share
their
records.
That's
all
this
bill
does.
A
A
Let's
see
we'll
go
back
to
item
number
three
hb
2813
by
representative
hardaway.
A
And
I
believe
you
have
an
amendment
yes,.
H
A
A
A
H
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
The
amendment
speaks
to
the
the
study
only
so
it
takes
everything
out
for
the
actual
implementation
and
breaks
it
down
to
study
only
by
the
secretary
of
state's
office
and
mr
chairman,
I
also
have
witnesses
who
are
here
to
be
heard.
A
To
hear
from
your
your
four
witnesses,
could
you
tell
us
what
the
study
is
about.
H
A
All
right
any
questions.
We
also
have
a.
We
have
an
amendment
that
we
need
to
attach
before
we
go
out
of
session.
Any
objections
to
attaching
the
amendment
seeing
none
we're
voting
on
the
amendment
zero
one,
six,
zero,
five,
eight
attached
to
the
bill,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
I
oppose
nay,
it
goes
on
the
bill.
We
can
now.
Are
there
any
questions
before
we
go
out
of
session,
seeing
none.
We
will
go
out
of
session
to
hear
testimony.
A
I
Members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
jack
sigenthaler,
I'm
the
policy
strategist
at
the
american
civil
liberties
union
of
tennessee,
I'm
here
to
speak
in
support
of
hb
2813.
I
voting
is
a
fundamental
right,
not
a
privilege,
and
by
preventing
college
students
from
using
their
student
ids
at
the
polls.
Current
tennessee
law
places
unnecessary
restrictions.
We
believe
a
study
bear
that
out
unnecessary
restrictions
on
their
right
to
vote.
Current
law
is
a
solution
in
search
of
a
problem.
There's
no
evidence
that
passing
a
bill
requiring
the
permission
of
student
ids
at
the
polls
would
increase
voter
fraud
in
tennessee.
I
I
Aclu
tennessee
believes
in
the
importance
of
free,
fair
and
secure
elections,
but
studies
show
stricter.
Voter
id
requirements
do
not
correlate
with
less
voter
fraud,
especially
with
respect
to
student
ids
of
the
eight
states
bordering
tennessee,
missouri
arkansas,
georgia,
alabama,
mississippi,
kentucky
virginia
and
north
carolina,
those
eight
states.
I
None
of
them
have
a
strict
voter
id
requirement
that
prohibits
the
use
of
any
student
voter
ids,
none
of
them
and
and
none
of
these
states
are
reporting
voter
ids
using
voter
fraud.
Pardon
me
using
college
ids,
it's
just
not
happening,
so
that
means
all
current
law
does
is
restrict
the
right
of
young
people
to
vote
in
tennessee.
I
It's
already
harder
for
college
students
to
obtain
the
id
necessary
to
vote
representative
on
this
committee
raised
a
point
a
couple
weeks
ago
on
a
bill
handling
student
voter
ids,
only
40
percent
of
18
year
olds
have
a
driver's
license,
so
college
students
are
less
likely
to
have
the
identification
necessary
to
cast
a
ballot.
I
So
all
this
is
to
say
that
current
tennessee
law
is
a
solution
in
search
of
a
problem.
It
restricts
the
right
of
young
people
to
participate
in
their
democracy
and
we
believe
a
study
would
demonstrate
clearly
that
this
isn't
about
increasing
the
risk
of
voter
fraud.
This
is
about
easing
the
path
to
the
ballot
box
for
young
people,
so
we
ask
you,
we
ask
you
to
support
hb2813.
A
J
Righty
all
right
good
afternoon,
mr
chair
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
justin
jones.
Oh
you
just
weren't
close
enough.
I
wasn't
close
enough
okay,
yeah
good
to
go
all
righty.
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
mr
chair
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
justin
jones,
I'm
a
vanderbilt
divinity
student,
a
graduate
of
fisk
university
and
a
community
organizer
here
in
tennessee.
J
I
believe
this
is
the
ninth
year
that
we're
introducing
this
bill.
It's
the
first
bill
that
ever
brought
me
into
this
building
and
I
believe,
the
last
time
I
was
here
that
beginning
my
friend
here
representative
crawford
the
only
one
who
was
still
on
this
company.
Who
was
on
that
first
committee.
J
J
Our
argument
was
that
the
right
to
vote
is
the
right
that
is
protected
by
more
more
than
any
other
amendment
in
the
constitution.
Is
the
right
protected
by
the
15th
amendment?
J
And
I
hope
that
this
committee
we've
had
a
lot
of
discussion
about
voting
and
and
the
need
to
to
protect
the
sanctity
of
the
ballot
box.
But
I
think
one
thing
we
can
all
agree
on
this
morning
is
that
we
want
to
make
it
easier
for
people
to
participate
in
our
process
if
we
believe
in
democracy,
knowing
that
college
students
face
unique
barriers
to
the
ballot
more
than
any
other
constituency
under
this
law,
where
tennessee's,
the
only
state
that
ex
explicitly
deny
student
ids
and
puts
that
into
law.
J
I
don't
think
there's
been
any
instances
in
tennessee
of
fake
college
ids
being
used
to
vote,
that
we
have
had
no
cases
of
this,
and
so
this
bill
would
simply
be
making
it
easier
for
college
students
to
vote
and
remove
barriers
to
the
ballot,
and
so
I
hope
that
I'll
just
say
this.
I
wasn't
going
to
say
this,
but
I
think
that
a
lot
of
members
of
this
committee
were
so
vocal
when
it
comes
to
the
second
amendment-
and
I
question:
why
are
we
not
as
vocal
when
it
comes
to
the
right
to
vote?
J
Why
are
we
not
so
vocal
when
it
comes
to
all
these
amendments
that
protect
the
franchise
for
people?
Why
are
we
so
quiet
when
it
comes
to
our
democracy?
Why
are
we
trying
to
make
it
harder
for
people
to
vote,
particularly
young
people,
when
all
of
you
have
children
and
grandchildren
who
are
just
trying
to
participate
in
the
democratic
process?
J
A
K
Can
you
hear
me
yes,
yeah?
My
name
is
connor
ostrow,
I'm
a
student
at
belmont
university.
A
K
Yeah,
my
name
is
connor
ostrow,
I'm
a
student
at
belmont
university.
I
play
play
the
fiddle,
I'm
a
music
major
over
there
and
yeah.
I
had
some
some
trouble
getting
registered
to
vote
in
tennessee,
and
so
this
this
law
that
that
justin
and
g.a
hardaway
told
me
about
really
struck
a
chord
with
me.
My
father
is
a
political
science,
professor,
it's
a
specialist
in
russian
economics
and
and
politics,
and
so
like
the
political
process
in
democracy,
has
always
been
very
important
to
me.
K
It's
been
a
kind
of
fundamental
belief
of
mine
that
all
citizens,
18
and
over,
should
should
have
the
right
to
vote
and
should
exercise
that
right
and
from
a
young
age.
I
love
the
state
of
tennessee's
culture
and
came
to
belmont
in
large
part,
because
I
wanted
to
move
to
tennessee
because
I
wanted
to
participate
in
the
community
here.
I
wanted
to
be
a
part
of
it
and
it
was
very
frustrating
me
when
that
happened.
I
wasn't
able
to
vote
here.
K
I
very
quickly
became
disconnected
from
the
community
in
illinois,
where
I
was
raised
and
immersed
in
the
community
here
and
because
I
wasn't
able
to
vote
here.
I
ended
up
voting
by
mail
in
illinois
for
candidates
that
and
for
issues
on
the
ballot
that
I
knew
very
little
about.
I
wasn't
able
to
vote
for
governor
here.
I
wasn't
able
to
vote
for
the
mayor
of
nashville.
K
I
wasn't
able
to
vote
for
congressman
cooper
and
that
was
frustrating
to
me
and
what
changed
was
it
wasn't
until
until
kovitt
hit
and
the
belmont
closed
the
residential
housing
and
I
had
to
get
an
off
campus
apartment
that
I
was
finally
able
to
register
to
vote
in
tennessee,
and
I
was
able
to
vote
here
for
the
2020
election
because
of
that.
C
Thank
you,
gentlemen,
for
being
here
today.
We
really
appreciate
you
and
appreciate
your
testimony.
I
wanted
to
ask
you
all:
have
you,
how
do
you
see
foreign
students
playing
into
this
idea
of
voting
with
the
student
id
card?
Could
you
talk
about
that?
I
have
y'all
talked
about
how
you
would
see
that
working.
J
Yeah,
so,
in
order
to
vote
all
we're
trying
to
do
is
expand
the
identification
used.
It
will
still
be
the
same
requirements
to
vote.
You
would
still
have
to
get
this
tennessee
voter
id
card.
You
would
have
to
register
with
the
department
of
elections,
and
so
I
don't
think
that
that
would
be
an
issue
of
foreign
students
registering
to
vote.
All
we're
trying
to
do
is
expand
the
ideas
that
can
be
accepted,
so
the
laws
that
exist
would
continue.
We're
just
trying
to
say.
A
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
again,
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
Could
you
go
over
again
the
point
you
made
about
the
same
machine
producing
ids
for
faculty
and
and
students,
and
the
validity
of
of
that.
I
Sure
you
know
we
permit
state,
employee
identity
and
a
state
employee
photo
identification
from
our
public
institutions
to
be
used
in
at
the
polls.
Student
ids
could
be
printed
from
the
exact
same
machine
with
a
photo
identification
on
the
front,
and
those
would
not
be
permitted
for
use
at
the
polls
that
doesn't
make
a
lot
of
sense
to
us,
particularly
because
you
know
all
these
other
states
around
us
have
been
able
to
figure
out
how
to
do
this
in
a
way
that
validates
student
voter
identification.
I
L
J
Go
ahead,
oh
we
can
both
answer
we're
also
one
of
the
lowest
in
voter
turnout
in
voter
participation,
and
so,
if
we
look
at
what
we're
trying
to
do
we're
not
trying
to
impact
the
integrity
of
the
ballot
box.
In
fact,
student
ids
are
some
of
the
most
secure
ids.
They
give
you
access
to
your
campus
buildings.
They
have
access
to
your
student
accounts.
You
have
to
go
through
a
strenuous
background
process
to
access
a
student
id
and
so
we're
not
in
any
way
trying
to
impede
on
the
integrity
of
the
election
process.
J
We're
just
trying
to
put
us
in
line
with
the
states
around
us
who
also
I
mean
mississippi,
alabama
kentucky
states
around
us
who
are
similar
even
politically,
if
we're
honest,
are
saying
at
least
they
are
allowing
students
to
use
their
ids
to
vote,
and
so
tennessee
just
has
one
of
the
most
restrictive
requirements
and
one
of
the
most
confusing
requirements
where
the
professors
can
use
their
id.
I
don't
know
how
do
we
differentiate
between
machine
making
two
id
cards?
Conor
has
his
id
card.
J
I
have
my
my
university
id
card
here
and
so
if
a
professor
or
staff
id
was
made
from
the
same
machine,
what
makes
that
more
secure
that
they
can
use
their
id
to
vote
if
they're
at
a
public
or
college
or
university?
But
we
can't
use
our
id
card.
That's
the
same
exact
id
the
same
photo
on
it
and
not
only
this,
but
we
also
have
to
bring
this
as
well.
So
we
have
to
bring
both
of
these
to
prove
who
we
are.
L
I
think
you
just
have
to
bring
that
once
and
when
you're
registered
you
don't
have
to
bring
that
with
you
anymore.
You
can
use
a
photo
id
to
vote,
but
again
you
never
answered.
My
question
is
any
of
those
states
around
us.
I
know
we
have
tough
laws
and
we
have
a
lot
of
restrictions,
but
it
also
makes
us
one
of
the
safest
places
to
vote
in
the
country
representative.
I
If
you
don't
mind,
I'd
love
to
speak
to
that
concern,
I
I
don't
know
which
metric
of
election
integrity,
you're
referencing,
the
only
thing
I'll
say
on
this
issue,
specifically
when
it
comes
to
student
ids,
is
all
of
these
states
permit
some
form
of
student
voter
id
at
the
polls.
I
I
spent
a
few
hours
scrolling
through
the
the
heritage
foundations
database
on
voter
fraud,
which
we
understand
to
be
a
pretty
inclusive
database
when
it
comes
to
voter
fraud
convictions
throughout
the
united
states.
I
could
not
find
a
single
instance
in
which
someone
tried
to
use
college.
Voter
college
student
id
photo
voter
id
at
the
polls
and
again
study
bill.
We
think,
provides
an
opportunity
at
least
to
bear
out
those
concerns.
I
So
specifically,
you
know
in
that,
in
that,
in
that
area,
when
it
comes
to
student,
photo
voter
ids,
we
just
we
don't
see
that
happening.
We
don't
see
a
voter
impersonation
of
the
polls
using
college
ids
in
all
these
states
surrounding
us.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
I
pulled
up
the
heritage.org.
They
got.
Georgia
number
one
alabama
number
two
in
tennessee
number
three
in
the
election
integrity,
so
I
think
maybe
one
of
those
states
that
would
list
it
out
does
have
the
higher
ranking.
I
want
to
ask
justin
and
young
men,
I'm
sorry
timmy
name
again.
F
J
Both
when
I
was
at
vanderbilt
and
fisk,
you
have
to
go
through
a
process
where
you
you
have
to
provide
your
social
security
card
information.
You
have
to
provide
your
birth
certificate,
even
all
these
official
documents,
to
prove
your
who
you,
who
you
say
you
are
even
to
get
fafsa
things
like
that,
and
so
you
have
to
prove
your
identification
go
through
a
very
rigorous
process
to
go
to
the
security
office.
Make
sure
it's
you
they
they
verify
that
on
their
paperwork.
This
is
you.
J
This
is
the
photo
okay
it
matches
in
our
system.
You
have
to
bring
your
id,
whether
it's
from
the
state
where
you
originated
from
or
if
it's
a
passport
which
a
lot
of
us
did
not
have,
and
so
it
was
a
very
strenuous
process
to
get
a
student
id
card
because
again
these
cards
access
buildings.
They
access
your
student
account
they
access
the
library
they
access.
You
know
all
these
very
secure
things
that
are
important
for
our
university
and
institutions.
This
this
card
has
access
to
that.
J
K
It's
a
similar
process
at
belmont.
They
they
take
down
like
pretty
much
all
possible
information
about
you,
social
security,
information,
your
fafsa
bank
accounts
and
things
like
that
id
cards
from
previous
states
and
then
yeah,
similar
to
with
justin's
experience
at
fisk
and
vanderbilt
like
the
belmont
id
gets
you
into
the
buildings
on
campus
and
they
can
restrict
which
buildings
you
can
get
into
at
what
times
it
allows
you
access
to
nashville's
public
transit
and
it
allows
you
to
purchase
meals
at
local
businesses
and
things
like
that.
K
A
Any
further
questions,
if
not
we'll
go
back
into
session,
when
I
think,
though,
is
there
a
fourth
or
is
just
these
three
okay,
thank
you
for
your
testimony.
We'll
go
back
into
session,
we're
now
back
on
the
amended
bill.
Is
there
any
questions
on
the
bill.
A
Seeing
vice
devon
wright.
E
H
E
E
I
would
appreciate
not
being
placed
in
a
position
to
demand
that
they
do
more
work.
I'm
doing
that
fairly
strictly
on
a
financial
basis
of
getting
to
the
point
where
I
can't
support
the
bill.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Thank
you.
H
Sponsored
thank
you
and
vice
chair.
I
don't
want
to
lose
your
support
or
I
would
love
to
gain
your
support.
Maybe
I
can
do
a
better
job
of
describing
my
perception
within
existing
resources,
we're
not
demanding
that
the
secretary
of
state
use
a
dollar
or
a
hundred
dollars
or
a
thousand
dollars.
The
secretary
of
state
will
will
create
work,
a
body
of
work,
a
report
within
the
existing
resources,
meaning
the
personnel
the
time
the
material.
H
So
I
would
respectfully
disagree
with
you
that
it's
going
to
make
a
demand
on
him
that
he
can't
fulfill.
A
Vice
chairman
wright,
any
any
other
questions.
I
know
I've
asked
I'd,
ask
this
earlier
of
the
coordinator
of
elections
within
the
existing
resources
and-
and
I
said,
is
this
going
to
put
an
undue
burden.
He
said
well
depending
on
what
it,
what
has
to
happen
being
an
election
year
is
coming
up.
A
H
Thank
you,
chairman
and,
of
course,
there's
there's
a.
We
know
everybody's
working
on
something
so,
of
course,
there's
going
to
be
reallocation
of
resources,
but
the
question
is
whether
that's
possible,
whether
it's
reasonable
within
the
office
of
the
secretary
of
state
and
understanding
that
this
is
an
election
year.
The
type
of
report
that
would
be
produced
is
probably
going
to
be
different
than
if
this
was
an
off
year,
and
we
understand
that.
That's.
H
Why
there's
no
specifics
on
the
the
level
of
or
degree
of
detail
that
we're
looking
for
so
whatever
he
can
do
to
produce
a
report
that
will
tell
us
whether
this
makes
sense
or
not
whether
the
testimony
from
the
young
man
denotes
a
reasonable
approach
to
voter
id,
whether
it
makes
sense
to
allow
our
students
and
we're
not
just
talking
about
black
students
or
white
students,
we're
not
just
talking
about
republican
students
or
democratic
students.
H
H
What
I
would
call
unnecessary
expenditure
of
resources,
et
cetera,
I'm
not
sure
if
they
testify
today
to
the
cost,
but
typically
it's
a
hundred
bucks
or
so
for
the
typical
student
to
get
a
state-issued
id.
That's
the
kind
of
information
that
we
would
like
the
secretary
of
state
to
bring
to
you.
So
you
would
have
that
information
available
to
you
that
it
is
undue
hardship
and
unjust
costs.
That's
being
put
upon
these
same
young
people
that
we
expect
to
carry
this
democracy
on
after
we're
long
gone.
C
Representative
shaw,
so
to
sponsor,
you
are
just
asking
that
the
secretary
of
state
will
study
this
over
the
summer
and
bring
back
an
answer.
I
assume
by
this
time
next
year.
Is
that
what
you're
asking.
H
Thank
you.
You've
summed
it
up
perfectly
representative
show
that's
all
we're
asking
that
the
secretary
of
state
would
use
existing
resources
and
produce
a
report
that
would
answer
all
of
the
questions
that
the
members
would
have
might
be
some
questions
in
the
minds
of
the
public.
But
this
way
we
can
ensure
that
when
we
move
ahead,
that
we
do
it
with
a
sense
of
having
full
information
available
to
us.
A
Seeing
no
objections
we'll
be
voting
on
hb
2813
as
amended
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
opposed,
nay,
nay.
I
move
that
the
bill
fails.
I
would
suggest
this
since
it's
a
study.
It
seems
like
the
the
the
thing
that
was
that
stood
out
with
most
people.
Representative
hardaway
was
the
funding
part
of
it
and
the
resources
might
work
with
the
secretary
of
state
and
the
coordinated
elections.
How
much
that
would
actually
cost
the
resources
it
would
take,
and
maybe
we
could
do
that.
That's
my
suggestion.
H
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
I'll,
do
that
the
coordinator
did
not
indicate
to
me
that
anything
had
changed
since
we
last
talked
about
this
when
it
came
up
as
a
deal
before
so
I'm
kind
of
surprised
that
now
there's
an
issue
with
resources,
because
it's
an
election
year,
that's
new
to
me,
but
I'll
certainly
have
conversation
with
him
and
hopefully
we'll
have
a
bill
next
year.
A
Well,
you're
dressing
to
me
yeah.
C
H
A
It
was
other
members
of
the
committee
that
dressed
addressed
about
resources
and
I
I
can't
speak
for
the
rest
of
the
committee.
I
didn't
ask
that
specific
question,
but
as
far
as
me,
it
is
a
it
is
a
concern
that,
because
I
don't
know
what
it
would
cost
in
resources,
whether
it's
one
person
or
two
people
or
it's
gonna,
take
one
month
or
six
months.
I
don't
know
what
it
would
take
so.
C
I
guess
I
was
just
trying
to
find
a
way
to
get
something
done,
because
if
it
was
made,
then,
if
the
secretary
of
state
found
out
it
was
too
expensive,
he
would
not
be
held
accountable
for
doing
it.
But
in
the
meantime,
if
you
said
may
do
it
give
him
and
his
department
an
opportunity
to
just
look
at
it
over
the
summer
and
see
what
the
cost
may.
C
A
Excuse
me
next
up
is
item
number
six
hb
2159
by
chairman
whitson.
I
believe
you
have
an
amendment.
Let
me
let
me
get
to
your
we're
going
out
of
order.
Let
me
get
to
where
you're
at
to
have
a
motion.
Second,
on
the
bill,
we
have
a
motion.
Second,
on
the
bill.
We
please
tell
me
the
number
of
your
amendment.
Thank.
M
You,
mr
chairman,
before
I
begin
I'd
like
to
introduce
not
often
does
a
grandson
get
to
come
and
watch
a
grandfather
present
a
bill.
This
is
my
grandson
noah.
Some
reason
he's
a
cleveland
browns
fan.
I
don't
know
where
I
went
wrong,
but
he's
a
great
kid.
Let
me
assure
you,
though,
so.
M
A
What
I
have
to
have
a
motion?
Second
on,
I
that
amendment
motion
second
of
a
motion.
Second,
on
the
amendment,
all
those
in
favor
of
attaching
the
amendment
to
the
bill,
please
say:
aye
opposed,
nay.
Amendment
is
attached
to
the
bill.
16107.
Please
tell
us
about
your
amended
bill.
Thank.
M
You,
mr
chairman
committee,
this
bill
will
create
an
automatic
hand,
count
audit
pilot
program
just
for
williamson
county
in
this
election
year.
2022.
As
you
may
know,
williamson
county
had
issues
recently
with
a
local
city
election
and
the
secretary
of
state
has
decided
to
no
longer
use
a
brand
of
voting
machines
and
will
be
temporarily
leasing.
Voting
machines
for
the
2022
election.
This
bill
will
put
three
important
safeguards
into
place
for
the
upcoming
election.
First,
the
bill
requires
any
polling
place
in
tennessee
that
uses
precinct-based
optical
scanners
to
post
the
following
notice.
M
Please
check
the
recorded
votes
on
your
ballot
before
inserting
it
into
the
scanner
studies
have
shown
people
failed
to
look
at
the
paper
that's
produced,
but
before
they
put
in
the
scanner
to
ensure
that
their
vote
is
correct.
Second,
the
bill
requires
at
the
same
time,
the
voting
machines
are
inspected
by
a
machine
technician
from
each
party
prior
to
the
election
day
that
the
technicians
were
certified
and
must
certify
in
writing
that
the
proper
firmware
is
loaded
on
each
unit
and
the
system
settings
are
correct.
M
The
audit
must
be
conducted
prior
to
the
election
being
certified
and
the
ballots
from
the
selected
locations
will
be
hand
counted
in
a
public
audit
if
there
is
any
variance
of
more
than
one
percent
between
the
results
from
the
scanners
and
the
results
of
the
hand
count.
The
audit
must
be
expanded
to
include
two
more
scanners
from
the
vote.
Centers.
M
A
How
many
questions
on
the
the
bill
was
that
I'll
have
a
previous
question
on
the
bill?
Is
there
any
objection,
seeing
none
we're
not
by
voting
on
the
amended
bill
hb,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
opposed,
nay
eyes.
Have
it
you've
gone
to
full
local?
Thank.
A
Let's
see,
I
believe
there
he
is
rep
is
andy.
Freeman
item
number
eight
is
here:
we'll
take
him
up
next,
that
is
hb
1977..
We
have
a
motion
and
second
on
the
bill.
All
those
in
fact
well.
Excuse
me
motion.
Second,
on
the
bill,
let's
see,
we
have
two
amendments
you're
going
with
one.
B
Yes,
sir,
thank
you
chairman
committee.
I
have
amendment
drafting
code
zero,
one
five,
two,
eight
eight,
that's.
A
What
we
have
we
have
a
motion.
Second,
on
the
amendment,
all
those,
if
no
objections,
we'll
vote
on
attaching
the
amendment,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
opposed,
nay.
The
amendment
is
on
the
bill.
Please
tell
us
about
your
amended
bill.
Thank.
B
You
chairman,
so
I'm
going
to
address
the
amendment
real
quick.
There
was
an
issue
or
concern
that
certain
voting
machines
in
several
of
your
districts
would
have
been
affected
by
the
legislation
is
drafted.
This
amendment
was
put
on
after
working
with
several
of
those
voting
machine
companies
to
ensure
that
it
in
fact
did
not
affect
them.
What
this
bill
does
is
requires
any
municipality
to
order
voter
verifiable
paper
audit
trail
voting
machines
when
they
purchase
their
next
machine.
B
I
believe
that
the
two
of
these
can
operate
at
the
same
time
and
knowing
that,
if
that
funding
for
the
immediate
purchase
of
those
voting
machines
dries
up
or
ends
up
not
being
able
to
be
used
for
that
that,
as
we
move
forward
to
replace
voting
machines,
we
would
replace
them
with
voter
verified
paper
audit
trail.
Voter,
verifiable
paper
audit
trail
machines.
A
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
you
because
the
last
year
or
two
you've
brought
up
something
similar
to
this.
There
are
multiple
bills
similar
to
this,
but
representative
brecken's
bill
passed
a
few
weeks
ago.
His
does
almost
exactly
what
yours
does
and
he
does
give
a
three.
I
believe
a
three
year
grace
period
or
is
it
two?
I
believe
there
was
a
grace
period,
24
january
124,
for
the
for
the
counties
to
to
adapt
to
it.
Yes,
mr
sponsor
and.
B
And
I
I
I
know
that
we've
we've
talked
I've
read
his
bill
and
again
I
don't
believe
my
legislation
be
in
conflict
with
that.
It
would
just
require
if
again,
if
the
funding
for
that
those
purchases-
dried
up,
that
as
as
new
machines
are
purchased,
that
they
would
have
to
be
voter.
Verifiable
paper
audit
trail
machines.
A
No
further
questions:
we
have
a
question
on
bill.
Any
objections,
if
not
we're
voting
on
the
the
amended
bill
1977
by
freeman,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
opposed,
nay,
bill
passes
on
to
local
full.
Thank.
A
And
see
next
up
farmers
across
the
hall
cheering
his
own
committee
he's
asked
he's
waiting
on
us
we're
waiting
on
him
when
he
can
get
over
here.
If
not
we'll
proceed,
we'll
roll
that
to
the
call
of
the
chair.
A
Let's
see
next,
I
guess
next
up.
I
know
we
have
the
next
one
up
because
he's
sitting
up
here,
I
believe
representative
manus,
is
in
the
room.
A
Your
number
we're
addressing
number
nine
hb
1004
by
representative
love.
Yes,.
F
F
Members
right
now,
high
school
students
are
given
the
opportunity
to
register
once
a
year.
The
problem
is
that
high
school
students
are
in
school
at
different
ages.
A
We
have
to
vote
on
the
we
got
the
amendment
attached.
I
believe,
don't
we?
No,
we
did
not.
No
that's
right.
You
spoke,
we
haven't.
We
have
an
amendment
we
have
to
attach
to
the
bill
that
he
just
described
before.
We
call
the
question
on
the
bill.
I
have
a.
We
already
have
a
motion
and
second,
on
the
amendment,
do
I
have
any
objections
to
voting
on
the
amendment.
Seeing
none
will
be
voting
on
the
amendment.
All
those
in
favor
say
I.
I.
F
A
A
We
have
a
motion
on
the
bill,
see
any
no
objections,
a
motion.
Second,
on
the
bill,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
bill
say
aye
aye,.
F
A
Let's
see
next
up,
we
have
representative,
I
believe,
no
other
representatives
in
here.
We
have
representative
manus
item
number.
Ten
hb
2061
will
have
a
motion
and
second
on
the
bill,
and
I
believe
you
have
an
amendment.
I.
N
You,
mr
chair,
thank
you
committee,
that
amendment
drafting
code
is
zero.
One
three
one:
six,
zero.
E
A
N
C
Therefore,
the
da's
office
does
not
have
the
legal
jurisdiction
to
review
the
complaints
or
seek
recourse
for
violations
regarding
multi-candidate
committees
or
multi-candidate
pacs.
A
multi-candidate
pac
is
exactly
what
it
sounds
like
a
pack
that
pertains
only
to
local
elections
and
supports
multiple
candidates
or
issues.
We
sought
the
advice
of
bill
young
with
the
bureau
of
ethics
and
campaign
finance
to
rewrite
this
code
so
that
multi-candidate
pacs
would
be
included,
while
the
association
of
district
attorneys
has
not
officially
asked
for
this
change.
N
A
A
A
Here
your
bill:
next,
I
believe
you
have
11
25
and
you
have
an
amendment.
A
We
have
a
motion
and
second
on
the
bill.
Thank
you
and
we
have
an
amendment.
Please
tell
us
your
amendment
number
yeah.
I
believe
it's
one,
five,
nine,
eight
zero!
Does
that
sound?
That's
what
I
have.
We
have
a
motion.
Second,
on
the
amendment,
all
those
in
favor
of
attaching
the
amendment
say,
aye
opposed
a
the
amendment
is
on
the
bill.
Please
tell
us
your
amended
bill.
Thank.
B
You,
mr
chair
members,
what
this
bill
addresses
the
potential
domino
effect
of
the
judicial
appointments
in
election
year.
We
have
several
quarter:
criminal
appeals,
corporate
pills,
judges,
kind
of
retiring.
At
the
same
time,
and
with
that
happening,
it's
a
very
unique
circumstance
that
you
know
this
this
the
way
things
are
going
to
be
taken
up.
There
are
currently
two
vacancies
on
the
court
of
criminal
appeals
and
one
on
the
court
of
appeals.
At
least
one
of
the
criminal
court
of
appeals.
B
Vacancies
is
likely
to
be
filled
by
an
incumbent,
trial
court
judge
who
is
qualified
to
run
unopposed
in
the
may
primary
under
current
law.
There's
no
mechanism
for
a
judge
appointed
to
a
different
office
to
withdraw
and
for
their
party
to
replace
them
as
a
nominee
section.
Two
of
this
bill
adds
appointment
to
different
office
as
reason
to
withdraw
and
be
replaced
under
the
existing
procedures
in
2-13-204
tennessee
code.
Annotated.
B
B
B
Finally,
there
may
be
a
need
for
additional
candidates
if
the
nominee
to
the
trial
court
seat
was
a
candidate
for
a
judge
at
a
county
level,
general
sessions,
juvenile
court
etc.
In
counties
where
there's
a
primary,
the
party
could
replace
a
nominee
if
they
were
nominated
for
a
different
judicial
office
under
section
two
as
well.
B
The
counties
where
there
is
no
primary,
if
in
the
counties
where
there's
no
primary,
if
no
candidates
were
left
in
office,
after
only
qualified
candidates
were
nominated
to
another
office,
additional
candidates
could
qualify
until
the
50th
day
before
the
election
under
section
one.
So
this
covers
a
lot.
I
know
members
and
I
hate
to
use.
I
don't
read
my
my
bullet
points
and
try
to
get
it
right,
but
this
is
important.
This
is
something
we
need.
We
need
to
get
in
place.
B
A
A
Thoroughly
and
went
over
it
and
it
is,
it
is
a
good
bill,
that's
needed.
It
fills
a
void
in
the
system
right
now.
Any
questions
on
the
bill.
Seeing
none.
I
hear
any
objections
to
calling
on
the
question.
Seeing
none
we'll
be
voting
on
the
bill
as
amended
hb
1125,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
opposed,
nay,
bill
passes
on
to
full
opal.
A
A
A
M
Thank
you
chairman
crawford.
I
just
had
a
quick
question.
Is
the
posture
of
the
committee
to
if
we're
able
to
do
the
people's
work
through
the
committee
today
that
this
committee
would
close
or
today,
if
so,
rolling
one
to
the
hill?
I'm
just
trying.
A
To
it
would
be
a
miss
chairman,
it
would
be.
We
rode
it
to
the
day
if
we
can
finish
everything
we'll
finish
it
today.
Okay,
if
we
rode
it
to
the
final
counter
of
the
hill,
then
it
would
be
at
the
bottom
of
today's
calendar
and
we
didn't
get
to
the
bottom
of
the
day's
calendar
it
would
be
next
week.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
A
Let
me
get
back,
get
everybody
back
on
target
hb
2797
by
stuart
to
have
a
motion
a
second
on
the
bill.
I
have
a
motion.
A
Second,
okay,
silence
is
I'm
not
a
mind
reader.
We
have
a
motion
second,
on
the
bill,
and
please
tell
us
about
your
amendment
or
amendments.
A
That's
what
we
have
all
right
to
have
a
motion
and
a
second
on
the
amendment
have
a
motion.
Second,
on
the
amendment,
any
any
objections
to
attaching
the
amendment
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
attaching
zero
one.
Five,
four
four
six
to
the
bill
say:
aye
opposed,
nay.
N
Okay:
here's
how
the
bill
works,
what
it
does
it
solves
this
problem,
where
we
had
somebody
in
memphis
file
to
get
their
voting
rights
back.
They
had
a
felony,
they
lost
their
voting
rights,
they
thought
they
were
done,
they
went
and
they
got
the
proper
certificate
from
the
authorities
to
get
their
voting
rights
back,
went
and
filed
and
and
then
it
turned
out,
they
were
still
on
probation,
and
so
they
weren't
supposed
to
be
able
to
get
their
voting
rights
back.
N
They
ended
up
getting
prosecuted
for
this
and
I'm
not
sure
how
that
all
happened,
but
the
bottom
line
is
they
got
prosecuted
and
some
of
you
may
have
read
prosecuted
for
the
idea
that
they
had
submitted
this
form
to
get
their
voting
rights
back
improperly
illegally
because
they
hadn't
gotten
them
back,
because
you
can't
get
your
voting
rights
back
until
you're
if
you're
still
on
probation,
here's
the
long
and
the
short
of
it
it
turned
out.
It
was
an
administrative
error.
N
N
This
person
got
the
certificate
they
needed
to
get
their
voting
rights
back.
They
weren't
entitled
to
it,
however,
because
of
the
official
error,
and
they
ended
up
with
this
wrongful
prosecution
which,
under
the
new
trial
that
was
ordered
by
the
judge,
is
almost
certainly
going
to
be
overturned.
Here's
what
this
bill
does
takes
takes
the
guesswork
out
of
it.
It
just
makes
it
an
automatic
process.
N
It
says
that
the
official
and
it
could
be
the
official
that
discharges
you
from
your
incarceration
or
it
can
be
through
a
part
and
the
official
that
signs
the
certificate
giving
your
voter
rights
back
will
simply
send
that
to
the
circuit
court.
The
circuit
court
will
then
make
a
determination
that
you
don't
owe
any
costs,
and
essentially
this
will
make
this
process
automatic
and
then
that
certification
will
go
to
the
election
commission,
so
there'll
no
longer
be
any
interaction
between
the
former
felon
or
the
felon
and
the
administrators
of
this
process.
N
So
there'll
be
no
question
about
who
said
what
to
whom?
Okay,
the
reason
this
person,
the
reason
we
had
a
court
case
and
the
reason
in
this
case
somebody
was
sentenced
to
jail
for
what
was
thought
to
be
fraudulently.
Getting
her
voter
rights
back
is
because
there
was
a
dispute
over
who
said
who
to
what
who
said
who
to
whom,
when
she
went
and
got
her
certificate,
this
bill
says:
let's
make
it
automatic
we'll
just
make
this
a
process
whereby
the
people
that
have
the
right
to
give
voting
rights
back
will
do
it.
N
N
M
N
N
They
fill
out
the
certificate
of
final
discharge
and
there's
already
a
process
whereby
they're
supposed
to
do
that,
in
other
words,
the
process
where
these
people
fill
out
this
form
and
give
it
to
you
and
say
you're
ready
to
go
is
unchanged
by
this
by
this
provision.
What
this
would
say,
though,
is
instead
of
the
the
convicted
person
going
around
getting
the
form
having
an
interaction
with
the
people
at
the
jail.
N
This
would
all
be
done
automatically.
They
would
simply
send
it
straight
to
the
court
that
would
know
about
restitution
that
would
know
about
payment
of
court
costs,
and
thus
it
would
all
be
an
automatic
process.
There
wouldn't
be
any
conversation
that
would
be
had.
Does
that
make
sense,
chairman
williams,.
M
Thank
you
for
the
answer.
I
I
guess
so
under
your
example,
someone
would
have
to
be
a
registered
voter
prior
to
the
commitment
of
a
crime
adjudication
of
and
sentencing
period,
and
then,
if
that
person
were
a
voter
prior
to
that
whole
process,
then
only
those
people
would
benefit
from
this.
You're
not
registering
people
as
they
leave.
N
No,
no,
nobody,
no
new
person.
This
doesn't
make
anybody
a
registered
voter.
This
doesn't
create
a
registration
process.
What
it
simply
says
is
you're
not
going
to
have
a
situation
where
this
person's
going
to
go
and
have
a
conversation
with
somebody
at
the
authority
about
their
certificate.
It's
all
going
to
be
done
on
an
administration
in
an
administrative
way,
which
is
the
way
it's
supposed
to
be
done
now.
N
They
just
all
the
information
is
there
for
them
to
fill
out
the
certificate
they
just
need
to.
Do
it
automatically
send
it
to
the
court
if
the
person
hasn't
paid
their
restitution
or
if
the
person
still
owes
court
costs,
then
they
can't
get
their
voting
rights
back
because
the
law
says
otherwise,
but
there's
no
reason
to
have
this
be
anything
other
than
an
automatic
process.
Now
they
still
have
to
go
and
get
you
know,
take
go
back
to
the
election
commission
then
and
get
registered.
N
If
that's
what
they
want
to
do,
but
to
your
point
originally
chairman:
if
they
haven't
paid
their
restitution,
then
they
the
process
blocks
them
that
we're
talking
about
here.
It
would
just
be
automatic
if
you
haven't
done
what
you're
supposed
to
do.
You
don't
get
your
voting
rights
back
and
that's
as
it
should
be,
of
course,.
A
Let's
see
if
representative
where's,
normally
I'm
sure,
you're
fine,
fine,
all
right,
representative,
shaw.
N
Right
just
to
be
clear:
no
there's,
no
expansion
of
qualification,
no
reduction
of
requirements
in
this
bill,
the
same
requirements
and
the
requirements
are
essential.
You've
got
to
have
your
child
support
up
to
speed.
You've
got
to
pay
your
core
costs.
You've
got
to
pay
restitution.
There
can't
be
a
victim
hanging
out
there,
you're
not
allowed
to
get
your
voting
rights
back
if
you
still
haven't
paid
the
victim.
Okay,
that's
administered
by
the
courts,
so
there's
no
expansion
of
voting
rights
in
this
bill.
N
All
it
does
is
said,
look
there's,
there's
no
reason
to
have
this
situation
where
you
have
a
a
a
human
element,
a
discussion,
because
this
is
an
automatic
process
based
on
records.
Okay,
there's
no
there's
no
witnessing
that
is
required,
and-
and
it's
just
a
glitch
in
our
system
that
this
currently
is,
is
part
of
the
process.
Thank.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you,
mr
sponsor.
You
addressed
restitution
and
the
releasing
institution.
What
about
probation?
Where
does
that
fit
in
you.
E
Mr
chairman,
my
chairman
wright,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
As
I
heard
you
present,
the
releasing
institution
was
filling
out
the
paperwork
at
release,
and
now,
thanks
for
incorporating
the
probation
period,
would
it
be
a
different
organization
at
the
end
of
probation,
as
opposed
to
the
releasing
institution
that
would
be
filling
out
a
form.
N
Well,
it's
a
single
form.
What
happens
in
this
case?
You've
got
three
folks
that
have
to
know
what's
going
on
it's
first,
the
releasing
institution
that
you
say
it's
then
the
court
which
is
going
to
be
supervising
the
released
person
and
then
it's
going
to
be
the
election
commission,
because
of
course
there
are
other
reasons
that
you
may
not
be
able
to
get
your
voting
rights.
N
You
may
not
be
a
citizen
in
this
area
or
what
have
you
all
three
of
those
entities
under
this
system
would
have
their
say
and,
and
those
are
the
entities
that
control
these
processes.
So
the
point
is
what
you're
saying
is
we're
going
to
have
an
administrative
path
like
an
assembly
line
and
either
the
person's
going
to
qualify
or
they're?
F
It
seems
to
me
that
one
of
the
other
benefits
of
the
process
now
is
you
take
some
of
the
emotion
out
of
it
in
the
sense
that
if
I'm
the
person
who
is
trying
to
get
my
voting
rights
restored,
I
may
be
a
bit
excited
or
emotionally
charged
and
may
get
frustrated
in
the
process
of
going
from
place
to
place
to
place,
and
so
now
with
you
having
it
done
by
this
other
process,
it
takes
some
of
the
emotion
out
and
it
just
makes
the
process
a
bit
simple.
Would
you
agree
to
that?
A
bit.
N
I
I
think,
that's
fair,
I
mean
I
think
it's
a
little
bit
like
not.
I
mean
it's,
not
I'm
not
comparing
these
two
things,
because
voting
rights
are
essential,
but
it's
like
a
real
estate
closing.
The
reason
you
have
a
closing
agent
is
that
you
have
a
whole
bunch
of
people
that
have
to
sign
off.
The
bank
has
to
make
sure
that
documents
are
signed.
You've
got
taxes
that
have
to
be
paid
to
governmental
authorities.
N
You've
got
in
some
cases,
title
issues
that
have
to
be
resolved.
The
reason
we
have
a
closing
is
to
make
sure
that
all
of
those
things
happen
similar
like
settling
in
a
state.
Our
law
provides
a
situation
where
all
these
different
legal
entities
have
to
kind
of
show
up
at
the
same
desk,
and
nothing
can
happen
until
all
these
things
are
signed
off
on.
That's
why
you
can't
buy
a
house
until
the
taxpayer
until
the
assessor
gets
the
money,
or
rather
the
trustee,
all
right.
That's
what
this
does.
N
It
says,
instead
of
a
situation
where
there's
any
guesswork
or
you
have
a
personal
interaction-
that's
not
needed.
This
is
an
automatic
system
based
on
records.
This
just
makes
it
automatic
it
takes
out
any
sort
of
judgment
or
or
interaction
between
human
beings,
which
is
not
necessary
any
more
than
it's
necessary.
When
you
buy
a
piece
of
real
estate
to
have
a
personal
interaction
with
the
trustee
we've
got
it
all
set
up,
so
it's
done
automatically.
So
I
view
this
as
creating
like
a
checklist
and
either
have
the
checks
or
you
don't.
A
No
further
any
questions,
no
further
questions,
any
any
objection
of
voting
on
the
amended
bill.
Seeing
none
we'll
be
voting
on
hb
2797
by
representative
stewart,
as
amended,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
opposed,
nay,
bill
goes
on
to
local
full.
L
L
House
bill
2336
by
chairman
rudd.
Do
I
have
a
motion
and
a
cop
promotion
in
a
second
I
do
see
it
has
an
amendment.
Can
I
have
your
drafting
code
14862.?
That
is
correct.
Do
I
have
a
motion
on
the
amendment
proper
motion
and
second
on
the
amendment
we'll
go
ahead
and
put
the
amendment
on
and
discuss
the
bill.
All
in
favor
of
amendment
number
14862
going
on
the
bill
say:
aye
opposed
no.
The
bill
is
now
amended.
You're
recognized
on
your
bill.
H.B
2336.
A
Chairman,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
This
legislation
is
to
allow
tennesseans
the
option
of
declaring
a
party
political
party
when
they
register
to
vote.
If
any
they
may
select
any
party.
This
is,
and
they
write
this
in
this
is
again
purely
optional.
This
is
optional
and
does
not
create
a
closed
primary.
It
does
not
create
a
closed
primary.
This
will
be
added
to
the
newly
printed
forms.
Existing
forms
would
be
used
until
then.
This
is
purely
permissive.
C
A
On
the
bill
on
item
number
13
on
the
bill,
the
political
party
affiliation,
if
any-
and
it
has
a
blank
line
that
word
optional-
is
not
there,
but
it
doesn't
make
you
fill
it
out.
L
Any
other
questions
for
the
sponsor
without
objection,
we're
ready
to
vote
on
house
bill
2336
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye.
Those
no
bill
moves
on
to
full
full
local
house
bill
2337
by
chairman
rudd.
Do
I
have
a
motion
in
a
second
proper
motion?
I
need
a
second.
Second.
We've
got
a
proper
motion
in
second.
I
do
see
it
has
an
amendment.
L
A
A
My
previous
explanation,
it's
just
a
simple
bill
kind
of
clarifying
a
problem.
We
had
a
local
teacher.
I
think
in
one
district
wanted
to
be
on
the
election
commission
and
they
couldn't
because
of
the
way
the
bill
was
interpreted.
So
this
is
cleaning
up
the
language
as
long
as
they
don't
have
a
conflict
by
being
under
the
employment
or
direct
supervision
of
an
elected
official.
They
can
serve
on
a
county
election
commission
while
being
a
county
or
city
employee.
C
A
Bill
is
not
directly
aimed
at
teachers,
it's
county
or
city
employees,
any
county
or
city
employee
as
long
as
they're,
not
under
the
supervision
of
an
elected
official,
so
they
can
serve
independently.
I
think
the
way
the
previous
law
was
written.
It
was
open
to
interpretation,
we're
just
clarifying
that
representative.
C
Yes,
sir,
would
not,
though,
a
teacher
be
on
the
elected
official
like
the
school
director,
somebody
who
is
elected
by,
of
course,
they're
appointed,
but
that's
still
an
elected
official.
I
guess
I'm
just
just
trying
to
get
some
clearance.
A
L
L
A
Is
brought
to
me
by
the
secretary
of
state's
office,
this
is
to
create
an
audit
of
the
random
it's.
What
I
would
call
you
know.
We
have
a
a
thorough
audit
in
what
I
call
a
softer
audit,
where
we
can
go
and
check
and
then
spot
check
certain
precincts
after
the
august
and
november
elections
and
that's
what
this
bill
would
do:
to
increase
voter
integrity
and
monitor
the
election
systems
and
that's
what
the
bill
does.