Updated 6/8/20

Tennessee officials on Friday sought an appeal and an immediate pause to a court’s ruling this week that lets all 4.1 million registered voters vote by mail during to the coronavirus pandemic, as the state made updates to its materials to reflect the expansion.
The state attorney general’s office filed the request in Davidson County Chancery Court to appeal and stay that court’s temporary injunction that expanded absentee eligibility Thursday.
State Elections Coordinator Mark Goins emailed Giles County election officials Friday evening to let them know new court-ordered language was added to the website and the state absentee application form was updated. The form now has the option: “I have determined it is impossible or unreasonable to vote in-person due to the COVID-19 situation, and therefore qualify as hospitalized, ill, or disabled and unable to appear in polling place.”
“The county election officials in Giles and all other counties in Tennessee can send out the form. If the court doesn't take any further action, the counties will be sending out ballots,” Goins said in a statement
In the court filing, meanwhile, the state argued the ruling will impose a hefty financial burden on the state and counties, put election integrity at risk with the quick turnaround, and create further voter confusion.
After the late Thursday court ruling, Goins advised not to send absentee voting applications yet for people citing illness or COVID-19 as a reason while state looked into creating the new application form.