Article 4, §2 of
the Tennessee Constitution provides that
the Tennessee legislature may deny the
right to vote to persons convicted of
"infamous" crimes. Pursuant to this
provision in the Tennessee Constitution,
the Tennessee legislature has excluded
individuals convicted of various
felonies from the right of suffrage.
However, the
legislature has also established
conditions and procedures through which
individuals who have lost their voting
rights may regain them. The manner in
which a person may restore a lost voting
right depends upon the crime committed
and the year in which the conviction
occurred.
Restoration of
voting rights form:
http://www.tennessee.gov/sos/election/forms/ss-3041.pdf
