If you've paid your debts to society after being convicted of a felony and you want to vote in Tennessee, you generally have a persuade a judge to restore your gun rights first. This will likely change under a bill approved by the Republican-led legislature.
But opponents say the proposal awaiting Gov. Bill Lee's signature doesn't do enough to clear hurdles for the nearly half-a-million disenfranchised Tennesseans — including 1 in 5 of the state's African Americans — who might otherwise be able to vote again.
