New Tennessee Voter ID Law starting 2012
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
Open meeting, Dec 16th, Candidate for US Senate
Open Meeting
Candidate for
U.S. SENATE from Tennessee
Q & A
Friday Dec. 16 7:00PM
Court House / Somerville, TN Square
***Free Admission***
Fayette Tea Party is not endorsing any candidate
Open Meeting: “The Consequences of Islam in America”
THIS FRIDAY!
The Fayette Tea Party will have an Open Meeting October 21st.
Topic: “The Consequences of Islam in America”
Speaker: Dr. Bill Warner
Date/Time:
Friday, October 21, 7:00PM
Location:
Fair Theater (on the square in Somerville).
This event is Free.
Contact us if you need any additional information: info@fayetteteaparty.com
Rally to Support Gibson Guitar!
Please come with us and support Gibson Guitar!! There will be a rally on Saturday Oct 8 from 2-4PM in the Opryland area of Nashville. See the rally site for more details.
Special Guests:
Henry Juszkiewicz, Gibson Chairman and CEO
Congressman Marsha Blackburn
Talk Radio Hosts: Steve Gill, Phil Valentine, and Mark Skoda
Amy Kremer, Chairman, Tea Party Express
Official Rally Site: http://www.gibsonrally.com
This event is being organized by concerned citizens and groups across Tennessee, and in fact across the US, who are concerned about the extraordinary abuse of power represented by the raid of Gibson by federal agents.
Town Hall Meeting Friday May 6 @ 7:00 PM
- Got Questions? Ask Senator Dolores Gresham and Representative Barrett Rich!
- Legislation Updates
Town Hall Meeting
Fayette County Court House *
Upstairs Court Room
Somerville, TN
*On the Somerville Square, Hwys 64 & 76
Fayette Tea Party Open Meeting: Update on Current Legislation and J.B.S. Speaker
The Fayette Tea Party will have an Open Meeting this Thursday.
Agenda:
- Update and discussion on current legislation
- Jim Sandman from the John Birch Society will speak
Date/Time:
Tuesday, April 19, at 7:00PM
Location:
Fayette County Courthouse (on the square in Somerville).
This event is Free.
Contact us if you need any additional information: info@fayetteteaparty.com
EVENTS: Upcoming Constitution Refresher Courses
The Constitution Refresher is a one-day seminar, presented in a Power-Point format. Each participant gets a copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. This copy is one of those convenient booklets that you can carry around, or leave on the end table as you watch the news.
Upcoming Events
Constitution Refresher in Bartlett, TN. Jan. 14
We have scheduled a Constitution Refresher for Saturday, January 14, 2012 in Bartlett. It will be presented in the Ellendale Church of Christ fellowship building located at 7365 Hwy 70 in Bartlett. Time is 9:30AM until finished, about 6 hours with a lunch break. We can order pizza and eat there.
Registration starts at 9:00AM. Our hosts will furnish coffee and snacks also drinks for lunch. Each participant gets a free copy of the UnitedStates Constitution. For more information on the course, look up
2012 will be the year America decides its future direction. Many say that the Constitution’s ideas are no longer useful – but are they? Give yourself the opportunity to know what it says before you decide.
Please call Mary Bryson at 901-388-0605 to reserve a spot.
See the Constitution Refresher website for more information.
Tennessee Legislative Calendar
TN Legislative Calendar
March 21-25
BILLS INCLUDE:
HB130 & HB0233 – Teacher’s Unions
Health Care Compact
Education –Election of School Superintendents; Charter Schools; Home school
Unions- Employee withdrawal; Prohibiting certain activities
Immigration
CRUCIAL BILLS:
TUES., MARCH 22, 12:00 Noon
*HB0130 by *Maggart (SB0113 by *Johnson)
Abolishes teachers’ unions ability to negotiate terms and conditions of professional service with local boards of education. – Amends TCA Section 5-23-107 and Title 49.
Summary for *HB0130
*HB0233 by *Brooks H. (SB0330 by *Summerville, *Gresham.)
Requires public institutions of higher education to give equal access to any domestic professional educators’ organization if access to students in teacher training programs is granted to any other professional educators’ organization. – Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Summary for *HB0233
CONTACT ALL REPUBLICAN EDUC. COMMITTEE MEMBERS !
This Committee has 13 ( R ) and 6 ( D )
To Send a single Email to Republican Educ. Committee Members, copy email group here:
rep.joey.hensley@capitol.tn.gov; rep.joe.carr@capitol.tn.gov; rep.harry.brooks@capitol.tn.gov; rep.richard.montgomery@capitol.tn.gov; rep.harry.brooks@capitol.tn.gov ; rep.kevin.brooks@capitol.tn.gov; rep.bill.dunn@capitol.tn.gov; rep.ron.lollar@capitol.tn.gov;
rep.debra.maggart@capitol.tn.gov; rep.john.forgety@capitol.tn.gov; rep.mark.pody@capitol.tn.gov; rep.dennis.powers@capitol.tn.gov; rep.john.ragan@capitol.tn.gov; rep.ryan.williams@capitol.tn.gov;
Contact Individual Republican Education Comm. Members here:
HEALTHCARE
TUES., MARCH 22, 10:30 AM Contact Here: House Health Subcommittee
HB0369 (*SB0326)
Enacts the Health Care Compact. – Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Summary for HB0369
This bill enacts the Health Care Compact which:
(1) Specifies that each member state of the compact would have the authority to enact state laws that supersede any and all federal laws regarding health care within its state;
(2) Specifies that each member state would have the right to mandatory federal funds to support the exercise of member state authority under this compact and that this funding would not be conditional on any action, regulation, policy, law, or rule of any kind of the member state. According to an appendix of the Compact, in 2010, such federal funding in Tennessee was $16.389 billion; and
SeeBill Summary for more.
EDUCATION
TUES., MARCH 22, 12:00 Noon Contact Here: House Education Committee
*HB0368 (SB0893
Protects a teacher from discipline for teaching scientific subjects in an objective manner. – Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.
Summary for *HB0368
Provides for re-establishment of elected office of school superintendent for certain counties or cities upon two-thirds vote of governing body; any such ordinance or resolution once approved is not operative until approved in an election; provides for qualifications of candidates. – Amends TCA Section 49-2-203 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 3.
The Abstract summarizes HB0902 as introduced.
WED., MARCH 23
8:30 AM Contact Senate Educaton Committee
SB1468 by *Bell. (*HB1631 by *Dunn.)
Makes various changes to home school requirements, including testing requirements for home school students. – Amends TCA Section 49-6-3050.
Summary for SB1468
3:30 AM Contact Here: House Education SubCommittee
HB1989 by *McCormick, *White. (*SB1523 by *Norris, *Woodson, *Kelsey.)
Allows any student in the charter school’s jurisdiction to attend the school; authorizes the achievement school district to approve applications to create charter schools; removes the cap on the number of charter schools in the state. – Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.
Summary for HB1989
IMMIGRATION
WED., MARCH 23, 3:30 PM Contact Here: House S&L Committee
*HB1378 (SB1669)
Enacts the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act. – Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 39 and Title 50.
This bill replaces the present law provisions prohibiting any person from knowingly employing an illegal alien; requires each employer to enroll and maintain active participation in the E-Verify program, before October 1, 2011; and establishes certain requirements for contractors regarding illegal aliens.
Summary for *HB1378
Enacts the “Lawful Immigration Enforcement Act.” – Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
Summary for HB1380
LABOR
TUES. MARCH 22
12:00 Noon Contact Here: House Consumer & Employee Affairs Comm.
1:30 PM Contact Here: Senate Commerce & Agric. Committee
HB1605 by *White. (*SB1031 by *Ketron.)
Prohibits any business or organization operating in this state from executing an agreement with a union or employee organization of any kind that includes a maintenance of membership clause prohibiting employees from withdrawing from a union or employee organization prior to the agreement’s expiration. – Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 2.The Abstract summarizes HB1605 as introduced.
3:30 PM Contact Here: Senate Judiciary Committee
*SB1033 by *Ketron. (HB2019 by *Holt.)
Prohibits certain union and employee organization activities. – Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 39, Chapter 16 and Title 39, Chapter 17.
Summary for *SB1033
This bill adds that a person would also commit this offense who damages, harms, injures or threatens to injure or coerce a business, or any employee or representative of the business with the intent to unlawfully intimidate the business or its employees from exercising their rights, which are protected by state and federal law, in an effort to obtain something of value for a union or employee organization, including a neutrality agreement, card check agreement, union recognition, or any other objective of a union or employee organization’s corporate campaign.
URGENT – Call your Senators RE: United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Please call your Senators right away and let them know that you want them to oppose ratification of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)!!
More information here: http://www.parentalrights.org/index.asp?SEC={709CEEC0-3C08-450F-B949-1AB87E8E9685}&Type=B_BASIC
Additional links and information on NEA, TEA and SB113 and HB130
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