The Center for American Progress Action Fund ranked all 50 states (and the District of Columbia) on three main areas critical to a healthy democratic process: ballot accessibility in each state, influence in the political system, and representation in state government. The report gave Tennessee a failing grade for ballot accessibility.
Lauren Harmon, one of the report's authors, joins us to talk about it.
ONLINE EXTRA
Here's more of our conversation with Harmon, which is available here as a WUTC.org exclusive:
TNBallot_2.mp3