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TN Code § 2-7-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-108. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Ballots — Replacement — Wrong Voting Machines Delivered — Written Report of Circumstances

  If the ballots for a polling place are lost, stolen, destroyed, not delivered to the polling place or the supply of paper ballots is insufficient for any reason, the officer of elections shall notify the county election commission immediately after learning of this fact. The commission shall provide replacements for the missing or destroyed ballots by delivering the ballots reserved under § 2-5-209 and by having such additional ballots prepared as may be necessary.   If paper ballots or voting machines or both are delivered to the wrong polling place, the officer of elections shall notify the county election commission upon discovery of the error. The commission shall immediately have the proper ballots or voting machines delivered. Pending the arrival of the correct voting machines, the officer of elections shall proceed under § 2-7-119 as if the machines were out of order.   At the close of the polls, the officer of elections shall make a written report of the circumstances causing the officer's action under this section to the county election commission which may make additions to the report and shall then transmit it to the grand jury of the county.
TN Code § 2-7-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-109. Ballot Boxes — Locked During Voting

 The officer of elections shall show the ballot box to the judges who shall verify that it is empty, and the officer shall then lock the ballot box before the polling place is open for voting. The ballot box shall remain locked until the votes are to be counted after voting has ended.
TN Code § 2-7-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-110. Examination and Final Preparation of Machines

  The officer shall give the sealed voting machine keys to the judges to prepare the machines for voting. The envelope containing the keys may not be opened until the judges have examined it to see that it has not been opened and that the number registered on the protective counter and the number on the seal with which the machine is sealed correspond with the numbers written on the envelope containing the keys.   If the envelope has been torn open, or if the numbers do not correspond, or if any other discrepancy is found, the judges shall immediately inform the voting machine technician of the facts. The voting machine technician or the technician's assistant shall promptly examine the machine and certify whether it is properly arranged.   If the number on the seal and the protective counter are found to agree with the numbers on the envelope, the judges shall then open the door concealing the counters and carefully examine every counter to see that it registers zero (000) and shall also allow the watchers to examine them. The judges shall then sign a certificate showing the delivery of the keys in a sealed envelope, the number on the seal, the number registered on the protective counter, that all the counters are set at zero (000), and that the ballot labels are properly placed in the machine.   If any counter is found not to register at zero (000) and if it is impracticable for the voting machine technician to arrive in time to adjust the counters before the time set for opening the polls, the judges shall immediately make a written statement of the designating letter and number, if any, of such counter, together with the number registered thereon, and shall sign and post the statement on the wall of the polling place where it shall remain throughout the election day. In filling out the tally sheets, they shall subtract such number from the number then registered on such counter.
TN Code § 2-7-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-111. Posting of Sample Ballots and Instructions — Arrangement of Polling Place — Restrictions

  The officer of elections shall have the sample ballots, voting instructions, and other materials, which are to be posted, placed in conspicuous positions inside the polling place for the use of voters. The county election commission shall designate entrances to the building in which the election is to be held that are for the use of voters. The officer shall measure off one hundred feet (100') from the designated entrances and place boundary signs at that distance.    Within the appropriate boundary as established in subsection (a), and the building in which the polling place is located, the display of campaign posters, signs or other campaign materials, distribution of campaign materials, and solicitation of votes for or against any person, political party, or position on a question are prohibited. No campaign posters, signs or other campaign literature may be displayed on or in any building in which a polling place is located.   Except in a county with a population of not less than eight hundred twenty-five thousand (825,000) nor more than eight hundred thirty thousand (830,000) according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, a solicitation or collection for any cause is prohibited. This does not include the normal activities that may occur at such polling place such as a church, school, grocery, etc.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person from wearing a button, cap, hat, pin, shirt, or other article of clothing outside the established boundary but on the property where the polling place is located.     The officer of elections shall have each official wear a badge with that official's name and official title.   With the exception of counties having a metropolitan form of government, any county having a population over six hundred thousand (600,000) according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and counties having a population of between two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) and two hundred sixty thousand (260,000) by the 1970 census, any county may, by private act, extend the one hundred foot (100') boundary provided in this section.
TN Code § 2-7-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-113. Voting by Machine

  When the voter is to vote by voting machine, the voter shall then present the ballot application to the machine operator, enter the machine, and vote by marking the ballot and operating the machine.   The machine operator shall file the ballot applications in order of presentation and shall permit the voter to operate the machine for those elections in which the voter is entitled to vote.   The machine operator shall, upon demand of any voter before the voter enters the machine, tell the voter the order of the offices on the ballot and fully instruct the voter on how to operate the machine.
TN Code § 2-7-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-115. Residence Requirements — Primary Election Voting Requirements

  A voter may vote only in the precinct where the voter resides and is registered, but if a registered voter has, at any time prior to voting, changed residence to another place inside the county, the voter must vote pursuant to the provisions of § 2-7-140. If a registered voter has, within ninety (90) days before a state primary or general election or federal primary or general election, changed residence to another place inside Tennessee but outside the county where the voter is registered, the voter may vote in the polling place where the voter is registered. If the voter has, within ninety (90) days before an election, changed name by marriage or otherwise, the voter may vote in the polling place where the voter is registered or is entitled to vote under § 2-7-140.   A registered voter is entitled to vote in a primary election for offices for which the voter is qualified to vote at the polling place where the voter is registered if:  The voter is a bona fide member of and affiliated with the political party in whose primary the voter seeks to vote; or   At the time the voter seeks to vote, the voter declares allegiance to the political party in whose primary the voter seeks to vote and states that the voter intends to affiliate with that party.
TN Code § 2-7-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-117. Write-in Procedure Where Voting Machines Are Used

  Where voting machines are used, any voter desiring to cast a ballot for a candidate whose name is not on the voting machine ballot may request a paper ballot to be furnished by the ballot judge. This request must be made before operating a voting machine, and a voter after receiving a paper ballot may not enter a voting machine.   The procedure for casting a write-in ballot in counties which use or have a C.E.S., Inc., Votomatic or other comparable punch card voting system shall be governed by rules and regulations promulgated by the coordinator of elections and the state election commission relative to the use of punch card voting systems.
TN Code § 2-7-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-118. Time Limit for Voting — Removal of Voter

  No voter who is voting without assistance may remain in a voting machine booth or occupy a voting compartment for more than five (5) minutes if other voters are waiting or more than ten (10) minutes in any event.   If a voter refuses to leave after such time elapses, the officer of elections shall have the voter removed.
TN Code § 2-7-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-119. Machine Out of Order — Procedure

  If a voting machine being used in an election becomes out of order, it shall be repaired if possible or another machine substituted as promptly as possible.   If repair or substitution cannot be made and other machines at the polling place cannot handle the voters, the paper ballots provided for the polling place shall be used and, if necessary, ballots shall be provided under § 2-7-108.   If a voting machine becomes out of order while it is being used, the crosses (X) shall be cleared from its face by the names of candidates and by questions. The voter may then vote on another machine or by paper ballot as the judges decide.
TN Code § 2-7-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-120. Spoiled Ballots

 If any voter spoils a paper ballot, the voter may obtain others, one (1) at a time, not exceeding three (3) in all, upon returning each spoiled one. The spoiled ballots shall be placed in an envelope marked “Spoiled Ballots.”
TN Code § 2-7-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-121. Rejected Ballots

 No person may take any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls. If a voter refuses to give the paper ballot to the judge to be deposited in the ballot box after marking it, the officer of elections shall require that the ballot be surrendered to the officer and shall deposit it in a sealed envelope marked “Rejected” with the person's name, the reason for rejection, and the officer's signature.
TN Code § 2-7-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-122. Management of Machine During Voting

  The voting machine operator shall inspect the face of the machine after every voter has voted to ascertain that the ballot labels are in their proper places and that the machine has not been injured or tampered with. The operator shall remove any campaign literature left in the machine booth.   During the election the door or other compartment of the machine may not be unlocked or opened or the counters exposed except by the voting machine technician or other authorized person, a statement of which shall be made and signed by the voting machine technician or authorized person and attached to the returns.
TN Code § 2-7-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-123. Challenges to Right to Vote — Oath of Challenged Voter

 If any person's right to vote is challenged by any other person present at the polling place, the judges shall present the challenge to the person and decide the challenge after administering the following oath to the challenged voter: “I swear (affirm) that I will give true answers to questions asked about my right to vote in the election I have applied to vote in.” A person who refuses to take the oath may not vote.
TN Code § 2-7-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-124. Challenges — Grounds and Procedure

  A person offering to vote may be challenged only on the grounds that the person:  Is not a registered voter in Tennessee and did not vote a provisional ballot;   Is not a resident of the precinct where the person seeks to vote;   Is not the registered voter under whose name the person has applied to vote;   Has already voted in the election; or   Has become ineligible to vote in the election being conducted at the polling place since the person registered.     The judges may ask any question which is material to deciding the challenge and may put under oath and ask questions of such persons as they deem necessary to their decision. The judges shall ask the administrator of elections to check the original permanent registration records if the voter claims to be registered but has no duplicate permanent registration record.
TN Code § 2-7-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-125. Challenged Voter — Voting Procedure

  If the judges determine unanimously that the person is not entitled to vote, the person shall vote by paper ballot and the person's ballot shall be deposited in a sealed envelope marked “Rejected” with the person's name, the reason for rejection, and the signatures of the judges written on it.   If the judges do not agree unanimously to rejection, the person shall be permitted to vote as if unchallenged.   In either case the challenge and outcome shall be noted on the back of the voter's duplicate permanent registration record and on the poll lists.
TN Code § 2-7-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-126. Challenge on Ground of Party Membership

 A person offering to vote in a primary may also be challenged on the ground that the person is not qualified under § 2-7-115(b). Such a challenge shall be disposed of under the procedure of §§ 2-7-123 — 2-7-125 by the judge or judges and the other election officials of the party in whose primary the voter applied to vote, with a total of three (3) to decide the challenge.
TN Code § 2-7-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-127. Closing of the Polling Place

 At the time set for the closing of the polling place, the officer of elections shall place one (1) of the election officials at the end of the line of persons waiting to vote. No other person may then get in line to vote. The polls shall be closed as soon as all persons in the line ahead of the election official have voted regardless of when the polls opened.
TN Code § 2-7-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-128. Duties After Closing the Polls

 The registrars shall, immediately after the polls close, cross (X) out the remaining space on incomplete poll list sheets so that no additional names can be written in and shall number those sheets serially and place them in the poll book binders.
TN Code § 2-7-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-129. Unused Paper Ballots — Disposal

 Immediately after the polls close and before any ballot box or voting machine is opened to count votes, the judges shall tear all unused paper ballots in half without tearing off the numbered stubs. The portion without the stubs may then be discarded, and the portion with the stubs shall be preserved.
TN Code § 2-7-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-130. Locking of Machine — Canvass and Proclamation of Votes on Voting Machines

   After the polls have closed and after disposal of unused paper ballots, the judges shall then lock and seal the voting machines against voting. The judges shall sign a certificate on the tally sheets, stating that:  Each machine has been locked against voting and sealed;   The number of voters as shown on the public counters;   The numbers on the seals; and   The numbers registered on the protective counters.     The judges shall then open the counter compartment in the presence of the watchers and all other persons who are present, giving full view of all the counter numbers. One (1) of the judges, under the scrutiny of a judge of a different political party, in the order of the offices as their titles are arranged on the machine, shall read aloud in distinct tones the designating number and letter, if any, on each counter for each candidate's name and the result as shown by the counter numbers. The judge shall in the same manner announce the vote on each question. The counters shall not in the case of presidential electors be read consecutively along the party row or column, but shall always be read along the office columns or rows, completing the canvass for each office. The total shown beside the words “Electors for (giving the name) candidate for President and for (giving the name) candidate for Vice President” shall operate as a vote for all the candidates for presidential electors for those candidates for president and vice president.   The vote as registered shall be entered on the duplicate tally sheets in ink by the precinct registrars in the same order on the space which has the same designating number and letter, if any. The minority party precinct registrar shall then read aloud the figures from the tally sheet filled in by the majority party precinct registrar for verification by the minority party judge.   After proclamation of the vote on the voting machines, ample opportunity shall be given to any person present to compare the results so announced with the counter dials of the machine.   The judges shall make corrections.     When voting machines are employed such as those of Shoup manufacture, which achieve the effect of seals by the utilization of master keys, sealing the machines upon the close of polls shall be unnecessary.
TN Code § 2-7-132 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-132. Completion of Duplicate Tally Sheets — Certification — Final Proclamation of Vote

  After the completion of the requirements of § 2-7-131, the duplicate tally sheets shall then be completed, showing the total number of votes cast for each office and question, the total number of votes cast for each candidate, including write-in candidates, and for each position on a question.   The duplicate tally sheets shall be certified correct and signed by each judge and by the officer of elections and shall be placed in the poll books.   A final proclamation shall then be made as to the total vote received by each candidate and for each position on questions.
TN Code § 2-7-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-134. Return of Keys at Close of Election

 After the tally sheets have been certified, the judges shall close and lock the voting machines and enclose the keys for each voting machine in a separate sealed envelope on which they shall certify the number of the machine, the polling place where it has been used, the number on the seal, and the numbers registered on the public and protective counters.
TN Code § 2-7-135 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-135. Lists of Election Officials Prepared by Officer of Elections

  The officer of elections shall prepare and certify to the county election commission a list of all election officials who served at the polling place and their official positions. The list shall be signed by each official.   The officer of elections shall certify to the county election commission the names of those persons appointed as officials for the polling place before the election who failed to appear and discharge the duties of office.
TN Code § 2-7-136 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-136. Public Announcement of Results — Certification of Results on Demand of Any Candidate or Watcher

 When the certification of the tally sheets is complete, the officer of elections shall publicly announce the results and shall, on demand of any candidate or watcher present, furnish such person a certified copy of the results. The certificate shall include the names of all candidates appearing on the ballot, the number of votes received by each and the number of votes for and against each question, including separately the total number of votes cast for each by voting machine and by paper ballot. The certificate shall be signed by the officer of elections and the judges and may be used as competent evidence in case of a contest regardless of what tribunal is hearing the contest.
TN Code § 2-7-137 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-137. Items to Be Locked in Ballot Box After Certification of the Completed Tally Sheets

 After certification of the completed tally sheets and the performance of the other duties of this chapter, the officer of elections shall have the following items placed in the ballot box or boxes which shall then be locked:   The bound bundles of paper ballots;   The record of voter assistance;   The envelopes containing spoiled ballots;   The envelopes containing rejected ballots;   The poll books;   The bound applications for ballots;   The portions of unused paper ballots containing the numbered stubs;   The envelopes containing the voting machine keys; and   The ballot box keys.
TN Code § 2-7-138 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-138. Delivery of Locked Ballot Box and Supplies or Equipment to County Election Commission

 The officer of elections, accompanied by either a judge or precinct registrar of another political party, shall immediately deliver the locked ballot box or boxes and remaining election supplies or equipment except the voting machines to the county election commission.
TN Code § 2-7-139 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Procedure at the Polling Place|§ 2-7-139. Removal of Supplies From Polling Place Prohibited

 No election supplies, ballots or equipment may be removed from a polling place from the opening of the polls until the requirements of § 2-7-137 have been met except that items which have been delivered to the wrong polling place may be transferred to the correct one.