A federal judge will not block a Tennessee law that makes it a felony for anyone other than election officials to distribute absentee ballot applications. U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson says the law doesn’t restrict First Amendment speech at all. He wrote that if people think the law is too broad, enforced too harshly, or out of step with the Internet era, they should try to lobby lawmakers to change or repeal the law. The final day to request an absentee ballot in Tennessee for the November election is October 27, 2020.