The state Republican Party is being aggressive in getting out the absentee vote with a postcard campaign. The Democrats say they didn't do the same thing because they were advised it wasn't legal.
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Nearly 1,400 requests for paper ballots came after the Tennessee Republican Party sent postcards to senior citizens informing them how to apply for an absentee ballot.
Will Pinkston, a spokesman for the Democrats' Victory 2002 campaign, said his party was advised it would be breaking the law "to solicit anyone to vote absentee. It's a misdemeanor." The Republicans don't consider the postcards a solicitation.
