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PETITION TO THE TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Demanding Repeal or Amendment of TCA 2-7-133(h)(2)

Art. I § 1 Art. I § 5 Art. XI § 16
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CITIZEN CONSTITUTIONAL PETITION

Pursuant to the Tennessee Constitution, Article I, Sections 1 & 5, and Article XI, Section 16

Presented to the Tennessee General Assembly, 115th Session (2027–2028)

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS of the State of Tennessee, exercising our unalienable right under Article I, Section 1 of the Tennessee Constitution — which declares that all power is inherent in the people and that they possess at all times an indefeasible right to alter or reform the government as they may think proper — do hereby formally petition the Tennessee General Assembly to REPEAL OR AMEND Tennessee Code Annotated § 2-7-133(h)(2).

WHEREAS, Article I, Section 5 of the Tennessee Constitution mandates that elections shall be free and equal, and that the right of suffrage shall never be abridged or denied to any person entitled thereto;

WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 16 of the Tennessee Constitution declares that the Bill of Rights is excepted out of the general powers of government and shall forever remain inviolate, and that no provision therein shall be violated on any pretense whatever;

WHEREAS, TCA § 2-7-133(h)(2), as currently enacted, imposes restrictions and procedures that We the People of Tennessee believe infringe upon the free, equal, and transparent exercise of the elective franchise guaranteed to every citizen;

WHEREAS, a government deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed must be held accountable to the constitutional guarantees it was instituted to protect, and must not erect procedural barriers that diminish public confidence in the integrity and accessibility of Tennessee elections;

NOW, THEREFORE, We the undersigned citizens of Tennessee do hereby formally demand that the Tennessee General Assembly:

  1. REPEAL TCA § 2-7-133(h)(2) in its entirety; OR, in the alternative,
  2. AMEND TCA § 2-7-133(h)(2) to fully comport with the free and equal elections guarantee of Article I, Section 5, the reserved powers of the people under Article I, Section 1, and the inviolability mandate of Article XI, Section 16 of the Tennessee Constitution;
  3. HOLD public hearings on this matter to receive testimony from Tennessee citizens prior to any legislative action;
  4. TRANSMIT this petition to the appropriate legislative committees with all haste, as the constitutional rights of Tennesseans admit of no delay.

We affix our names below as free citizens of Tennessee, in exercise of our First Amendment right to petition government for redress of grievances and our inherent state constitutional rights. We demand this petition be entered into the official record of the Tennessee General Assembly.

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PETITION TO THE TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Demanding Repeal or Amendment of TCA § 2-7-133(h)(2)

Pursuant to the Tennessee Constitution, Article I, Sections 1 & 5, and Article XI, Section 16

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS of the State of Tennessee, exercising our unalienable right under Article I, Section 1 of the Tennessee Constitution — which declares that all power is inherent in the people and that they possess at all times an indefeasible right to alter or reform the government as they may think proper — do hereby formally petition the Tennessee General Assembly to REPEAL OR AMEND Tennessee Code Annotated § 2-7-133(h)(2).

WHEREAS, Article I, Section 5 of the Tennessee Constitution mandates that elections shall be free and equal, and that the right of suffrage shall never be abridged or denied to any person entitled thereto;

WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 16 of the Tennessee Constitution declares that the Bill of Rights is excepted out of the general powers of government and shall forever remain inviolate, and that no provision therein shall be violated on any pretense whatever;

WHEREAS, TCA § 2-7-133(h)(2), as currently enacted, imposes restrictions and procedures that We the People of Tennessee believe infringe upon the free, equal, and transparent exercise of the elective franchise guaranteed to every citizen;

WHEREAS, a government deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed must be held accountable to the constitutional guarantees it was instituted to protect, and must not erect procedural barriers that diminish public confidence in the integrity and accessibility of Tennessee elections;

NOW, THEREFORE, We the undersigned citizens of Tennessee do hereby formally demand that the Tennessee General Assembly:

  1. REPEAL TCA § 2-7-133(h)(2) in its entirety; OR, in the alternative,
  2. AMEND TCA § 2-7-133(h)(2) to fully comport with the free and equal elections guarantee of Article I, Section 5, the reserved powers of the people under Article I, Section 1, and the inviolability mandate of Article XI, Section 16 of the Tennessee Constitution;
  3. HOLD public hearings on this matter to receive testimony from Tennessee citizens prior to any legislative action;
  4. TRANSMIT this petition to the appropriate legislative committees with all haste, as the constitutional rights of Tennesseans admit of no delay.

We affix our names below as free citizens of Tennessee, in exercise of our First Amendment right to petition government for redress of grievances and our inherent state constitutional rights. We demand this petition be entered into the official record of the Tennessee General Assembly.

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Deliver to: Tennessee General Assembly, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Nashville, TN 37243

Pursuant to U.S. Const. Amend. I & Tenn. Const. Art. I §§ 1, 5; Art. XI § 16