{"id":462915,"date":"2021-04-30T15:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=462915"},"modified":"2021-04-30T17:07:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:07:55","slug":"tennessee-legislature-passes-bill-requiring-watermarks-on-absentee-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-legislature-passes-bill-requiring-watermarks-on-absentee-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Tennessee Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Watermarks on Absentee Ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-legislature-passes-bill-requiring-watermarks-on-absentee-ballots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=462915&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-tennessee\">Tennessee<\/a>\u2019s Legislature approved a bill that requires the addition of a watermark on all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-absentee-ballots\">absentee ballots<\/a> in a nearly unanimous vote.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Bill 1314 passed the Senate in a 27-0 vote on Monday, and the House adopted the state Senate version of the bill on Tuesday in a 92-1 vote.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, is expected to sign the measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this bill is to ensure that absentee ballots that go out have an additional security measure,\u201d Republican state Rep. Bruce Griffey said.\u00a0\u201cDemocrats are for secure elections,\u201d Democratic state Rep. Antonio Parkinson added in praising the bill, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreet-nashville.com\/news\/bill-requiring-watermarks-on-absentee-ballots-heads-to-lees-desk\/article_27588cd0-a838-11eb-bb78-57fb2df34a11.html\">local media<\/a>. \u201cDon\u2019t get it twisted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll Tennesseans desire secure elections,\u201d noted Republican state Rep. Jerome Moon. \u201cThank you for a very well thought out, very researched piece of legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only one member of the Legislature voted against the bill.<\/p>\n<p>A prior version of the bill required that election officials and commissions could not use private funds for carrying out an election. The amended version that passed in the Legislature was only about adding watermarks.<\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s passage is the latest effort among state legislatures to shore up election integrity measures. This week, the Florida House and Senate placed restrictions on mail-in balloting and drop-boxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s easier now than it\u2019s ever been. You have vote by mail. You got early [voting]. You got the drop box and you got in-person [voting]. And 20 to 30 years ago, you did not have this many opportunities,\u201d Florida Republican state Sen. Travis Hutson said, <a href=\"https:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/2021\/04\/29\/florida-lawmakers-pass-elections-bill-aimed-at-making-it-harder-to-cast-mail-ballots\/\">WFOR<\/a> reported. \u201cI believe that every legal vote should count. I believe one fraudulent vote is one too many. And I\u2019m trying to protect the sanctity of our elections.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee\u2019s Legislature approved a bill that requires the addition of a watermark on all absentee ballots in a nearly unanimous vote. 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