Bill > HB0934

This bill modifies Tennessee's voting identification requirements by establishing stricter standards for voter identification. Specifically, voters must now present a form of identification that meets several new criteria: the ID must be obtained with proof of U.S. citizenship, include a photograph, current residential address, and expiration date, and indicate the individual's eligibility to vote. The bill explicitly prohibits student IDs from being used as valid voter identification. Additionally, the bill changes how residential addresses are verified for voting purposes, specifying that verification must come from physical documents like a driver's license, lease agreement, or utility bill, and explicitly excluding digital sources. The bill also removes references to punchcard voting technology and updates procedures for processing provisional ballots, which must now be paper ballots marked by hand or using a ballot-marking device and tabulated by optical scan technology. The state coordinator of elections is tasked with training election workers on these new procedures and providing public information about the new voter identification requirements. The bill will take effect immediately upon becoming law, with the stated intent of serving the public welfare.

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https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0934&ga=114