Tennessee elections aren’t competitive. That’s not the only reason voter turnout is so low.

Tennessee is in the bottom five states when it comes to voter turnout. A new report finds that state policy makes voting harder for communities of color and disabled voters. The state’s elections aren’t competitive, according to voting rights nonprofit Organize Tennessee. During the last midterm elections, more than half of races in the state were uncontested. While part of that can be attributed to the state’s Republican leaning, the study found that racial gerrymandering also plays a role in diluting the power of Black and brown voters.

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