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This page details signature requirements for statewide ballot measures in Tennessee.


Laws • History
List of measures

Tennessee ballot measures come in only one variety:

legislatively referred constitutional amendment - A constitutional amendment that appears on a state's ballot as a ballot measure because the state legislature in that state voted to put it before the voters.

Tennessee is one of the 24 states that do not have initiative and referendum.

External links[edit]

Tennessee Secretary of State, Candidate Information

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v • e Laws governing ballot measures

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Signature Requirements For Ballot Measures In Tennessee

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