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Secretary of State warns of corporate scam

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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s office has received inquiries about an official-looking notice from Corporate Records Service. It appears that these notices began arriving in mailboxes around Jan. 22, 2013. Corporate Records Service is not registered, affiliated, or associated with the Tennessee Secretary of State.

The mailer is causing confusion for Tennessee corporations due to its appearance as an official document. Tennessee corporations are required to file annual reports with the Tennessee Secretary of State. Most corporations have also recently received annual report notices from the Secretary of State.

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State official: Voter ID not expected to be a problem in Nov. 6 election

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Tre Hargett and John Ragan at Emory Valley Center

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, left, and Rep. John Ragan, right, tour the workshop at Emory Valley Center on Wednesday with David Brooks, Work Training Center coordinator.

Secretary of State Tre Hargett said he doesn’t expect a new voter identification law to be a problem in Tennessee in the Nov. 6 election.

It hasn’t been an issue in two other elections in Tennessee this year, Hargett said after a Wednesday morning tour of the Emory Valley Center in Oak Ridge.

He said about 300 people didn’t have photo identifications in the March and August elections, but roughly half of them—or 150 voters—later returned to their local election commissions and presented IDs, which allowed their votes to be counted.

Others might have decided not to come back when they saw that their votes would not have made a difference, even if they had been counted.

The new voter ID law went into effect on Jan. 1. It requires voters to show an ID that includes their name and photograph.

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Secretary of State Hargett joins Rep. Ragan on Anderson County tour

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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett will tour Anderson County on Wednesday with Rep. John Ragan, stopping at the Emory Valley Center in Oak Ridge and at a town hall meeting in Lake City.

The Emory Valley Center tour begins at 11 a.m. The town hall starts at 1:30 p.m. at the Lake City Town Hall,195 South Main Street. It’s hosted by Anderson County commissioners Tim Isbel and Zach Bates. A range of issues will be discussed, from the Nov. 6 election to Tennessee’s business climate, a press release said.

The release said Hargett plans to stop by county libraries and small businesses in Clinton and Lake City as well.

“All Anderson County residents are invited to attend,” the press release said.