Post by Logan on Apr 9, 2016 2:28:24 GMT -6
State attorneys are asking a Williamson County judge to interpret language in the Tennessee Constitution that sets forth how votes for state ballot measures must be counted, a ruling that could impact a separate federal challenge against the 2014 abortion measure Amendment 1.
Eight voters, including the board chairman of Planned Parenthood of Middle & East Tennessee, filed suit in federal court in November 2014 shortly after the passage of the abortion measure. The voters challenged the way the state counted votes, saying their interpretation of the Tennessee Constitution is that voters who cast a vote in the ballot race, but did not also vote for governor, should not have their votes counted.
Amendment 1 stripped the right to an abortion from the Tennessee Constitution, passing with 53 percent of the vote.
On Tuesday, the federal suit went before U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp, who has yet to rule.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/04/08/state-court-asked-rule-abortion-measure-vote/82799168/
Eight voters, including the board chairman of Planned Parenthood of Middle & East Tennessee, filed suit in federal court in November 2014 shortly after the passage of the abortion measure. The voters challenged the way the state counted votes, saying their interpretation of the Tennessee Constitution is that voters who cast a vote in the ballot race, but did not also vote for governor, should not have their votes counted.
Amendment 1 stripped the right to an abortion from the Tennessee Constitution, passing with 53 percent of the vote.
On Tuesday, the federal suit went before U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp, who has yet to rule.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/04/08/state-court-asked-rule-abortion-measure-vote/82799168/