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Beginning January 1, 2012, all voters must present an ID, meeting the requirements below, containing the voter’s name and photograph, whether voting early or on Election Day. These requirements DO NOT apply to elections in 2011.
Any of the following IDs may be used, even if expired:
• Tennessee driver license with your photo
• United States Passport
• Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security photo ID
• Photo ID issued by the federal or state government, such as an employee ID from the U.S. Department of Energy with your photo
• United States Military photo ID, including a Veteran Identification Card
• State-issued handgun carry permit card with your photo

What forms of photo ID are NOT acceptable?
• College student photo IDs
• Photo IDs not issued by the federal or state government, such as your discount club or bank card with your photo

Who is exempt?
• Voters who vote absentee by mail (view requirements at http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/bymail.htm)
• Voters who are residents of a licensed nursing home or assisted living center and who vote at the facility
• Voters who are hospitalized
• Voters with a religious objection to being photographed
• Voters who are indigent and unable to obtain a photo ID without paying a fee

What if I do not bring a photo ID to the polling place?
• If you do not bring a photo ID, you will vote a provisional ballot.
• You will then have until two (2) business days after Election Day to return to the election commission office to show a valid photo ID.

What if I do not have a photo ID?
• You may obtain a free photo ID to vote from the Department of Safety and Homeland Security at a driver service center. You will need proof of citizenship (such as a birth certificate), two proofs of Tennessee residency (such as a voter registration card, utility bill, vehicle registration/title, or bank statement), and if your name differs from that on your primary ID, proof of the changed name (such as certified marriage certificate, divorce decree, certified court order, etc.).
• If you do not have a photo on your driver’s license and no other form of valid photo ID, you may visit a driver service center or participating county clerk’s office to have your photo added to your license for free upon request.
• You may use the “express service” line at the driver service center to obtain your photo ID to minimize wait times.
• NOTE: If you already have a valid government-issued photo ID, the Department of Safety will not issue a free photo ID to you.
• Visit http://www.tn.gov/safety/photoids.shtml for more information.

Where can I find out more information?
• Call or visit your county election commission, or
• Visit our website at http://www.GoVoteTN.com

Please notify your county election commission if your address changes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
Division of Elections
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 9th Floor • Nashville, TN 37243
Mark Goins, Coordinator of Elections
Phone: 1-877-850-4959

Source: http://tn.gov/sos/election/111031%20Photo%20ID%20Handout.pdf

Additional links and information on NEA, TEA and SB113 and HB130

February 15th, 2011 | Author: Richard

NEA, TEA, & Local Affiliates – A Three-Way Partnership
http://www.teateachers.org/cms/Membership/228.html

Collective Bargaining: A Dangerous Threat to Public School Reform

Produced in 2007 by the Baton Rouge, LA Chamber of Commerce, this document describes some of the reasons collective bargaining is bad for education.

In public school districts across the nation, collective bargaining agreements frequently run in excess of 100 pages, creating a web of bureaucracy that can be restrictive and onerous for school boards, administrators, and teachers. Such documents tend to include rules that:

require teacher pay be based on years of experience and level of education, not on performance
make it virtually impossible to dismiss teachers for poor performance and/or misconduct
require principals to give advance notice to teachers before visiting classrooms to evaluate performance
limit the number of conferences and other forums in which teachers meet with parents
give unions access to school mailboxes, bulletin boards, classrooms, and other facilities to use for their own purposes

National Education Association and Tennessee Education Association – IN SUPPORT OF SB113 AND HB130

February 11th, 2011 | Author: Richard

The following research was prepared by members from some of the TN Tea Parties and is being provided in support of HB 130 and SB 113.

We believe passage of these bills will improve our students education and return control of their education to the local school boards where it belongs.

Summary of Contents:

NEA Founders & Leaders

From the beginning, NEA founders and leaders were determined to destroy the old education system in the pursuit of globalization and a new social order. This pursuit de-emphasized academic basics in favor or teachers becoming philosophical ‘change agents.’

In 1932, Honorary Pres. of NEA John Dewey said he believed the school was primarily a social institution, claiming the aim of public education was to take an active part in social evolution which would necessitate changing the moral school atmosphere.

In 1928, Dewey exalted the Bolshevist form of government, stating “the great task of the school is to counteract … the influence of home and Church” and “to undermine the uniqueness of family life.” Dewey quoting Lenin said, “the political function of the school … It is to construct communist society’ .”

And in 1935, Willard Givens (who would head NEA for 17 years) reported to the annual NEA meeting: “…many drastic changes must be made…. A dying ‘laissez-faire’(free enterprise) must be completely destroyed and all of us, including the ‘owners’, must be subjected to a large degree of social control…. The major function of the school is the social orientation of the individual. It must seek to give him understanding of the transition to a new social order.”

See Attached Reference Section on Chronology Of The NEA

NEA Policies and Legislative Programs

Increasingly, year after year, resolutions adopted at the NEA annual conventions have confirmed this foundational agenda toward a new social order, calling for public school curricula to include multiculturalism, globalism, environmentalism, diversity, AIDS, sexual orientation, self-esteem, racism, school-to-work, immigration, gun control, suicide, peace, and the United Nations.

See Attached Reference Section on NEA ‘s 2010 Convention

NEA Funding

Funding passes through the NEA ‘from’ and ‘to’ organizations that share these same philosophies of promoting a new social order through the public education classroom.

See Attached Reference Section on Organizations Supporting The NEA

Summary of Contents:

NEA Founders & Leaders

NEA Policies and Legislative Programs

NEA Funding

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