RVs and Retirees

The ACLU is right on target with their lawsuit. It seems that retired people who travel around the country in their RVs cannot vote in some states. Even though I can see the danger is letting homeless people without a residential address vote, retirees in RVs should be able to vote. Gosh, this only seems fair.

NASHVILLE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of senior citizens living full-time in their recreational vehicles who were purged from Tennessee voting rolls because they registered to vote using the street address of a commercial mail forwarding service. “American citizens should not be disqualified from voting simply because of their lifestyle choice to travel. Denying citizens the right to vote flies in the face of our democracy,” said ACLU of Tennessee Executive Director Hedy Weinberg. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of full-time RV residents Ronald Teel, Leone Teel and John Layton. An ACLU Freedom of Information Act request revealed that over 250 people, including the plaintiffs, have lost their right to vote in Bradley County, Tennessee. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiffs were purged from Bradley County voting rolls after passage of a 2005 state law that said commercial addresses could not be used for voting purposes.