It was a sign, we feel, of the troubling times regarding voting that have befallen our county, our state and our country today.
On Sunday, we received a call from a friend of some 50 years. A yellow dog Democrat, his worldview and ours diverge greatly. His view of individual politicians and officeholders are frequently not the same as ours.
Always active in local politics but now a seasoned citizen, he had some concerns about voting. Some people had told him about the statement that voters must sign in order to receive a ballot.
(IN THE NEWS: Hamilton County early voting surges past recent midterm cycles)
The most recent addition to the 1972 Tennessee law saying a voter is a member of the party whose primary they’re voting in was this: “If this is a primary election, I am a bona fide member of and affiliated with the political party in whose primary I seek to vote; or I declare allegiance to the political party in whose primary I seek to vote and state that I intend to affiliate with that party.”