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Nashville Indivisible @indivisnashville.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Don’t let the simple ballot language fool you. These amendments make significant changes to our Constitution, and the ballot doesn’t tell the whole story. **These are Nashville Indivisible Steering Committee recommendations. We encourage voters to do their own research**

Graphic explains the following - AMENDMENT 1 — EXPANDING NO-BAIL DETENTION
WHAT IT IS:
A constitutional amendment expanding when a judge may deny bail to someone awaiting trial.
WHAT IT DOES:
Tennessee's Constitution currently allows bail to be denied for capital offenses. Amendment 1 would expand that exception to include specifically named serious crimes plus 73 additional felony offenses tied to Tennessee's 85%-sentence requirement. Those 73 offenses are not all listed on the ballot.
WHAT IT DOESN'T DO:
It does not make these additional crimes capital offenses. Instead, it expands the constitutional exception to the right to bail—currently reserved for capital offenses.
WHY WE SAY NO:
Being accused is not the same as being convicted. The Constitution already permits denial of bail for capital offenses. Amendment 1 would greatly expand the government's power to hold people without bail before trial—and voters aren't even given the complete list of affected crimes on the ballot.
- Being charged is not being convicted.
- People are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
- The ballot doesn't even list all of the crimes covered.
- The Constitution already allows bail to be denied for capital offenses.