Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement:
“The Tennessee Legislature has stepped up to block foreign nationals from influencing Tennessee’s elections by advancing a critical reform to ban foreign nationals from contributing to ballot issue campaigns. For years, Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has exploited a loophole in federal law allowing foreign nationals to influence ballot measures across the country. What’s the stop foreign adversaries from China, Russia, and Iran from doing the same thing? We hope to see Governor Lee swiftly sign this bill into law to close the foreign influence loophole once and for all in Tennessee.”