Candidates answer where Tennessee elections should change or stay put
by Brandon Burley and The Redemption Project
Election structure often stays in the background until candidates are forced to say whether they would actually alter it.
This round asked a direct question: should Tennessee change its election structure, including primary reform or ranked-choice voting, or should the current system remain in place?
That question carries immediate legal context because Tennessee already bans ranked-choice voting in state and local elections under a 2022 law, while continuing to operate under an open-primary framework that periodically returns to political debate.
The answers separated quickly, but not simply along ideological lines.
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