Stella Parton claims her Tennessee early-voting ballot repeatedly switched to Republican Marsha Blackburn
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Stella Parton claims her Tennessee early-voting ballot repeatedly switched to Republican Marsha Blackburn

Stella Parton, sister of Dolly Parton, posted on Facebook that while voting early at a Hermitage Library location in Tennessee her ballot defaulted three times to Marsha Blackburn, who is running for governor. Tennessee's Secretary of State's Office said it has received one such complaint among roughly 400,000 ballots cast and noted voting systems include multiple verification screens.

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This event sits in the top 19% of divergence this week. 2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 1 bias group.
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Tennessee Responds After Dolly Parton's Sister Claims Her Ballot Switched to a Republican Candidate
amplifies the voter's inflammatory posts alongside state response · negative
Washington Times
Dolly Parton's sister claims her ballot switched to GOP candidate while voting in Tennessee
straight report of the claim and race context · neutral
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Both report the claim, but one centers the state's safeguards and single complaint while the other amplifies her call for Musk to die and rigged-election rhetoric.
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BBreitbartRIGHT2d ago

“Tennessee Responds After Dolly Parton's Sister Claims Her Ballot Switched to a Republican Candidate”

WTWashington TimesRIGHT2d ago

“Dolly Parton's sister claims her ballot switched to GOP candidate while voting in Tennessee”

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Stella Parton says her ballot defaulted three times to Marsha Blackburn while voting early in Tennessee
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Event #20059 · analyzed at 2026-10-25T02:05 UTC · last updated 1h ago