Tennessee Election Officials have Downplayed Reports of Voting Machine Errors and are encouraging Residents to Double Check their Ballots after Country Singer Stella Parton joined other Voters to Complain the Machine Repeatedly Switched Her Gubernatorial Selection to GOP Candidate Marsha Blackburn despite several Attempts to Change it.
A Number of Voters in the overwhelmingly Red State of Tennessee have Reported Problems with Voting Machines on Social Media, and said the Machines either did Not Display their Desired Candidate or Changed their Selections.
Parton said She “had to go back three times and correct my vote because it kept defaulting to Marsha Blackburn” and Encouraged Voters to be extra Vigilant in making sure their Votes are Correctly Tallied.
Her Post has garnered almost 2,000 Responses since 10/20/2026 and the Comment Section is full of other Tennesseans making Similar Claims. Mark Goins, Tennessee Coordinator of Elections (R), Blamed Voter Error in an Interview with Local News Station WSMV.
John Richardson (R), Administrator of Elections for Davidson County, where Nashville is located, said Voters have made Formal Complaints and that the Election Workers will hand out “Voting Sticks” to Help People make their Selections on the Touch Screens: “Sometimes when they use their finger it doesn’t necessarily connect,” He said.
This isn’t the First Year Voters have Rreported Problems with Machines Changing Selections, and the University of Washington Reported there are known Issues around Calibration with certain Older Touchscreen Machines, including some that are used in Tennessee. Forbes has reached out to the Federal Election Assistance Commission, that Trump (R) Closed, and Tennessee Secretary of State, for more Information.
The Touchscreen Voting Machines used in Parts of Tennessee will Fill-Out a Person’sBballot for them, but it’s the Paper Print Out that is actually Tallied. Voters should First make sure the Intended Candidate is Highlighted on the Selection Screen, then Check the Review Screen before Printing. After it is Printed, Voters can Read the Paper Ballot before putting it into the Scanner that Tallies the Votes. If the Printed Ballot is Wrong, it can be Revised before the Vote is Counted.
The 2026 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election is an Open Seat Race to Replace Rep. Gov. Bill Lee, who can’t Run due to State Term Limits. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R) is running against Jerri (D) and Polls suggest She is the Front Runner. Blackburn, who has been Endorsed by Trump, has been ahead by at least Nine Points in every New York Times-Published Poll since Winning the Republican Nomination in 8/2026. Republicans have Won every Gubernatorial Ccntest in Tennessee since 2010.
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