The Tennessee Secretary of State has created an ingenious way to encourage Tennesseans to vote, while giving them the opportunity to pay tribute to current and former members of the military as they cast their ballot.
The program, called Tennessee Honor Vote, allows Tennesseans who pledge to vote on Nov. 6 the opportunity to post the name of a current or former member of the military on a state website and declare that they will be voting in honor of that service member.
In an interview with the state political news website TNReport, Secretary of State Tre Hargett said the Tennessee Honor Vote website is “a great way to honor those men and women who have fought so hard to preserve the freedoms that allow us the right to vote.”
We couldn’t agree more.
One of the best features of the website, which is available at www.GoVote TN.com/honor, is an area where voters paying tribute to service members can share the highlights of the honoree’s service.