Stella Parton, the younger sister of the late country music legend Dolly Parton, has publicly alleged that an electronic voting machine repeatedly altered her selection during early voting in Tennessee. The 77-year-old voiced her concerns in a series of Facebook posts, urging voters to carefully verify their selections before casting their final ballots.
According to Parton, the incident took place at the Hermitage Library polling location, a voting station situated near Nashville. She stated that while attempting to vote in Tennessee’s gubernatorial race, the machine continuously switched her preferred choice to the opposing candidate, forcing her to intervene multiple times before submitting her ballot.
Gubernatorial Race and Machine Malfunction Claims
The ballot controversy centers on the contest for Tennessee governor, where Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn is competing against Democrat Jerri Green, a Memphis City Council member. Recent polling in the state has shown Blackburn holding a 12-point advantage over Green.
Parton alleged that every time she entered her vote, the terminal defaulted to the Republican nominee. “In Tennessee last week at the Hermitage Library where I voted, I had to go back three times and correct my vote because it kept defaulting to Marsha Blackburn,” Parton wrote. “I would never vote for her for anything. I’m putting this out here because when we vote, we take it seriously but we try not to hold up the long lines. Do it anyway. Don’t let them rig this election.”
Expressing deep concern over the voting process, Parton noted that her reaction was rooted more in apprehension than resentment. “And we have people asking why we’re so angry,” she added in her posts. “I’m more frightened and frustrated than angry.” She repeatedly encouraged citizens to take their time at the polling stations to ensure their selections are accurately recorded.
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Legal Turmoil Surrounding the Parton Estate
The voting machine allegations emerge amid an ongoing legal dispute involving the estate of Dolly Parton following her death from cancer. That conflict surfaced publicly when Danny Nozell, Parton’s longtime manager who heads the entity She’s Alive, filed a petition for a restraining order in the Davidson County Chancery Court in Nashville.
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The court filing targets Bryan Seaver, Dolly Parton’s nephew and former head of security, accusing him of extortion, threats, and intimidation aimed at obtaining funds from the estate. The expansive entertainment enterprise under dispute includes the Dollywood theme park, the Songteller hotel, and the Life of Many Colors museum.
Seaver, who had announced his aunt’s death in a recorded video, was dismissed from his security post shortly before the legal filing. Court records allege he conducted an escalating campaign of threats, writing in one message to a business partner that he would serve as “the hand of retribution for my entire family.” In another cited exchange with an estate attorney on September 3, Seaver referred to himself as a “killer” and claimed that on the day his aunt died, he completed a $27 million weapons and ammunition sale to police in Haiti.
Responding in text messages, Seaver denied making threats against anyone connected to the estate. He asserted that his statements had been taken out of context to depict him as an adversary to his aunt’s legacy. Seaver explained that the term “killer” was an inside family joke, maintaining that Dolly Parton affectionately referred to him by that name as well as her “baby boy ninja.”
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