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TN Code § 2-6-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 3 - General Provisions|§ 2-6-303. Delivery of Poll Books and Other Records to Board — Process of Ballots

   No later than four (4) hours prior to the closing of polls for all regularly scheduled November elections and no later than two (2) hours prior to the closing of polls for all other elections, or at such earlier time after the polls open as the county election commission may direct, on election day, the county election commission shall deliver the locked and sealed absentee ballot boxes and their keys to the counting board in the commission office.   The county election commission shall also deliver to the counting board the poll books prepared by precinct by the administrator of elections as the absentee ballots were received, the binder of rejected absentee ballots by precinct, the absentee voting binder of duplicate permanent registration records by precinct, and any other supplies necessary or useful in the performance of the counting board's duties. However, in those counties in which computerized duplicate registration records are used, the administrator shall be relieved of the duty to deliver the absentee voting binder of duplicate permanent registration records by precincts. In counties in which computerized duplicate permanent registration records are used, the county election commission shall deliver to the counting board a printed list, arranged by precinct, of those voters who voted or requested an absentee ballot.     Any absentee ballot received by mail by the county election commission before the closing of the polls shall be processed as were absentee ballots received before election day. For ballots received after the ballot boxes are turned over to the counting board, the administrator shall not record the voters' names on the poll books or note that they voted on their duplicate permanent registration records but shall deliver the ballots to the counting board immediately after determining whether the ballots are entitled to be cast.
TN Code § 2-6-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 3 - General Provisions|§ 2-6-305. Election Laws Applicable

 The provisions of chapter 7 of this title with respect to challenge and poll watchers apply to the central absentee ballot counting board. A poll watcher may not leave and reenter the absentee ballot counting after the challenge process has been completed and the counting board begins to count the votes without the permission of the administrator of elections or the administrator's designee.
TN Code § 2-6-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 3 - General Provisions|§ 2-6-306. Absentee Voter Dying Prior to Election Day — Disposition of Ballot

 If an absentee voter has voted before an election and such absentee voter dies before election day, the county election commission shall count such voter's ballot or vote. The casting of a proper ballot by a person who dies before the day of the election does not invalidate the election.
TN Code § 2-6-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 3 - General Provisions|§ 2-6-307. Disposition of Registration Records After Election

 Except in those counties which use computerized duplicate registration records, the administrator of elections shall take the duplicate permanent registration records from the early voting duplicate permanent registration binders and put them in the regular duplicate permanent registration books within two (2) weeks after the election, unless an election contest has been initiated. Temporary registration records shall be filed together with the records of the election.
TN Code § 2-6-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 3 - General Provisions|§ 2-6-308. Early and Absentee Voting Applications — Uniform Forms

 The coordinator of elections shall adopt uniform forms for each county election commission for an application for early voting and absentee voting.
TN Code § 2-6-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 3 - General Provisions|§ 2-6-309. Absentee Ballot Envelope — Requirements — Voter's Affidavit Form

  The absentee ballot envelope shall have a sealing flap and shall be a plain envelope without markings except the words “Absentee Ballot Envelope” or “  Primary Absentee Ballot Envelope” printed on the face and such instructions for the use of the envelope if it has become prematurely sealed as the coordinator of elections prescribes. The coordinator of elections shall determine distinguishable colors to be used in the printing of the ballot envelopes for early voting and absentee voting. Both envelopes shall include a place for the voter's precinct and district number and a statement for the administrator to sign stating that the voter's signature has been verified and appears to be valid. The absentee voting ballot envelope need not contain a certificate for an attesting official.   It shall have also a detachable flap which shall contain the words “Do Not Detach” and an affidavit in substantially the following form:  VOTER'S AFFIDAVIT   State of   County of   I,  , do solemnly swear that I am a resident of Precinct  , Ward or District  of  County, State of Tennessee, and am a registered voter in the  election to be held on the  day of  , 20  .   I further swear that this envelope contains the absentee ballot marked by me in secret indicating my choice at that election, and that I am not registered in any other state or county for this election and I am otherwise entitled to vote absentee in this election.   Signature of Affiant   Witnesses if assisted   (Person who assisted)   Name   Address   Name   Address   CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTING OFFICIAL   Sworn to and subscribed before me this  day of  , 20 . I hereby certify that the affiant whose name appears above exhibited the enclosed absentee ballot to me unmarked, marked the ballot in secret (with assistance) and enclosed and sealed it in this envelope without anyone (other than the assistant) seeing how the affiant voted, and the affiant was not solicited or advised by me to vote for or against any candidate or issue in the election.
TN Code § 2-6-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 3 - General Provisions|§ 2-6-310. Ballot Requirements

  Ballots to be used under this chapter shall be prepared by the county election commission. The ballots shall conform to all the requirements of chapter 5, part 2 of this title with respect to paper ballots except as provided otherwise in this chapter.   Ballots to be used under this chapter shall be printed immediately after the deadline established for withdrawal of candidates but not less than thirty (30) days before the day of the election. In individual cases, the county election commission shall be excused from compliance with the requirement of this subsection (b) that ballots be printed at least thirty (30) days before the day of the election whenever application of constitutional or statutory provisions of law concerning the filling of vacancies in public office renders such compliance impossible or impractical. No person shall be denied an opportunity to cast an absentee ballot as a result of noncompliance by such commission with such thirty (30) day requirement.
TN Code § 2-6-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 3 - General Provisions|§ 2-6-311. Absentee Ballot Boxes — Requirements

  Absentee ballot boxes shall meet the requirements for standard ballot boxes under § 2-5-214, have at least two (2) hasps for locks, and be equipped with baffles so that ballots cannot be removed without unlocking the box.   The ballot boxes shall be locked at the beginning of absentee voting with one (1) lock from a county election commissioner of one (1) party and another lock provided by a commissioner of another party. The commissioners shall retain the keys personally. The boxes may not be unlocked except when the votes are to be counted.   In addition to the locks required in subsection (b), the county election commission shall place two (2) numbered seals on each ballot box at the beginning of absentee voting with one (1) seal placed by a county election commissioner of each party. Such seal numbers shall be recorded by the administrator of elections and certified in duplicate by one (1) commissioner of each party, and the original shall be forwarded by mail immediately to the office of the coordinator of elections and the duplicate shall be filed in the election commission office. The seals may not be broken except when the votes are to be counted. If a seal or seals are broken, the administrator shall immediately attach new numbered seals and certify in writing to the coordinator of elections the numbers and a description of the circumstances necessitating this action.
TN Code § 2-6-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 3 - General Provisions|§ 2-6-312. Official Forms at Expense of State

 The coordinator of elections shall prepare and furnish all applications, envelopes, instructions and other official forms for use under this chapter at the expense of the state. With the approval of the coordinator of elections, a county election commission may use its own computer-generated forms.
TN Code § 2-6-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 4 - Emergency Absentee Voting|§ 2-6-401. Emergency Absentee Ballots

   The county election commission may designate emergency registrars who shall have the responsibility of supplying ballots to and receiving ballots from persons who have been hospitalized in their county of residence within twenty (20) days of an election when such persons will be unable to vote in person on election day.   The county election commission may appoint the hospital administrator to act as an emergency registrar for any person who is a patient in that hospital due to an emergency; provided, that no such appointment shall be made more than fifteen (15) days before the election.   Any ballots cast in accordance with this section shall be witnessed by a voter registered in the county.     A registered voter eligible to request the services of an emergency registrar shall make such a request not more than twenty (20) days before the election and no later than the opening of the polls on election day. Upon receiving a bona fide request for the services of an emergency registrar, the county election commission shall direct an emergency registrar to provide the following materials to such person:  An application;   A paper ballot or ballots;   A duplicate of the person's permanent voter registration; and   An envelope in which to seal the ballot.     In addition to those persons or that category of persons otherwise authorized to vote absentee under this chapter, a voter shall upon a showing of reasonable proof to the administrator of elections or the administrator's deputy be eligible to vote absentee by personal appearance at the commission office, not more than five (5) days nor later than the day prior to the election if:  Due to the death of a relative of a voter which would result in the voter's absence from the state or county on election day; or   If the voter receives a subpoena or service of process requiring the voter's presence on election day.     The procedure for voting shall substantially follow the provisions for voting absentee by personal appearance set out in §§ 2-6-102 and 2-6-109.
TN Code § 2-6-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 5 - Voting by Military and Overseas Citizens|§ 2-6-501. Voting or Registering by Mail Outside United States or by Armed Forces — Envelopes

 For persons voting absentee by mail or registering by mail from outside the territorial limits of the United States and for all armed forces personnel, there shall be printed across the face of each envelope in which a ballot or any registration material is to be sent the words “Official Election Balloting Material-Via Air Mail”, or similar language. Furthermore, there shall be printed the words “Free of United States Postage, Including Air Mail.”
TN Code § 2-6-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Absentee Voting|Part 6 - Voting at Licensed Nursing Homes|§ 2-6-601. Methods of Voting at Licensed Nursing Homes

  In the case of individuals who are full-time residents of any licensed nursing home, home for the aged or similar licensed institution providing relatively permanent domiciliary care, other than a penal institution, in the county of the voter's residence, the county election commission of each county shall send one (1) absentee voting deputy representing the majority party and one (1) absentee voting deputy representing the minority party to the institution for the purpose of processing, assisting the voter who may be entitled to assistance under § 2-6-105 or § 2-6-106, and attesting absentee ballot applications and ballots. Both absentee voting deputies shall attest the voter's ballot. The procedure for voting shall substantially follow the provisions for early voting established by part 1 of this chapter and shall be provided to each facility as described in this subsection (a). The procedure for voting in this section shall be the only method by which individuals may vote in an election if such individuals are full-time residents of any licensed nursing home, home for the aged or similar licensed institution providing relatively permanent domiciliary care, other than a penal institution. Nothing in this section shall in any manner be construed to prohibit an individual from voting during the early voting period at a location established for early voting, or otherwise voting in person on election day at either the commission office, in accordance with the provisions of § 2-3-109(e), or the individual's polling place, if such an individual is a full-time resident in such home or institution and the individual is medically able to go to the commission office, the person's polling place, or a location established for early voting for the purpose of voting. The county election commission may begin the voting at the licensed nursing homes twenty-nine (29) days before an election.   Each licensed nursing home, assisted care living facility, home for the aged, or similar licensed institution providing relatively permanent domiciliary care shall provide, upon request from the administrator of elections, a list of all the individuals in the licensed institution for the limited purpose of voting the registered voter. This list shall include the names and home addresses of each individual if such address is not the same as the licensed facility. The list shall be requested by the administrator of elections no later than forty (40) days prior to election day for each election and shall be provided promptly by the facility.
TN Code § 2-10-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 1 - Financial Disclosure|§ 2-10-101. Short Title — Application — Administration — Adoption of More Stringent Requirements

  This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Campaign Financial Disclosure Act of 1980.”   This part does not apply to any candidate for public office for which the service is part time and for which the compensation is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month; provided, that this exemption shall not be applicable to any such candidate for a public office as a chief administrative officer or to any such candidate whose expenditures exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).   Any charter provisions of municipalities regarding campaign financial disclosures of candidates for public office apply to candidates for public office, except to the extent that such provisions are in conflict with this part.   The registry of election finance shall have the jurisdiction to administer and enforce the provisions of this part concerning campaign financial disclosure.   Nothing in this part shall be construed as prohibiting the largest municipality located within any county having a population of not less than three hundred thirty-five thousand (335,000) nor more than three hundred thirty-six thousand (336,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, from enacting, by ordinance or charter amendment, more stringent financial disclosures of candidates for municipal local public office than those requirements imposed by this part. A municipality adopting more stringent requirements pursuant to this chapter shall compensate the county for any additional expenses incurred by the county election commission as a result of adopting more stringent requirements.
TN Code § 2-10-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 1 - Financial Disclosure|§ 2-10-103. Duties of County Election Commissions

  It is the duty of each county election commission to:  Accept and file any information filed pursuant to the requirements of this part and information voluntarily supplied that exceeds the requirements of this part;   Make statements and other information filed with it available for public inspection and copying during regular office hours at reasonable expense;   Preserve such statements and other information for a period of five (5) years from date of receipt; and   Notify all candidates for local public office in a local election of the requirements for filing any statement required by this part seven (7) days before any deadline provided for herein.     It is the duty of the state election commission to furnish the name and address of any candidate for statewide public office and the language of any measure submitted to the people of the entire state to the secretary of state and the registry of election finance.
TN Code § 2-10-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 1 - Financial Disclosure|§ 2-10-104. Affirmation of Statements Before Witness

 All statements required by this part shall be signed by the person filing such statement in the presence of one (1) witness who shall sign such statements as a witness. The treasurer shall not be authorized to sign as a witness. Such person shall sign the statements prior to the filing of the statements. Statements required by this part do not have to be sworn to or affirmed by a notary.
TN Code § 2-10-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 1 - Financial Disclosure|§ 2-10-106. Supplemental Semiannual Statements of Contributions and Expenditures — Funds Maintained in Segregated Campaign Accounts

  If the final statement of a candidate shows an unexpended balance of contributions, continuing debts and obligations, or an expenditure deficit, the campaign treasurer shall file with the registry of election finance or the county election commission, whichever is required by § 2-10-105(a) and (b), a supplemental semiannual statement of contributions and expenditures. Beginning after filing the first quarterly report due after an election, subsequent supplemental statements shall be filed on a semiannual basis by candidates until the account shows no unexpended balance, continuing debts and obligations, expenditures, or deficit. A candidate may close out a campaign account by transferring any remaining funds to any campaign fund, subject to the requirements of this part and commence semiannual filing as provided by this part.   Funds maintained in a separate segregated campaign account are not deemed to be the personal property of any candidate or other individual. Such funds are not subject to garnishment or any type of execution to satisfy the debts or obligations of any individual which are not campaign debts.
TN Code § 2-10-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 1 - Financial Disclosure|§ 2-10-108. Sworn Complaint on Statements of Candidates — Penalty for False Complaint

  A registered voter of Tennessee may file a sworn complaint alleging that a statement filed regarding an election for which that voter was qualified to vote does not conform to law or to the truth or that a person has failed to file a statement required by law.   All sworn complaints on a statement of a candidate for state public office or a political campaign committee for such candidate must be filed in the office of the registry of election finance.   All sworn complaints on a statement of a candidate for local public office or a political campaign committee for such candidate must be filed in the office of the district attorney general who represents the judicial district in which the voter resides.   Any person who knowingly and willfully files a sworn complaint which is false or for the purpose of harassment is subject to the civil penalties enacted into law by Acts 1989, ch. 585, and is liable for reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the candidate who was the subject of such complaint.
TN Code § 2-10-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 1 - Financial Disclosure|§ 2-10-109. Duties of Attorney General and Reporter

  It is the duty of the attorney general and reporter to:  Advise county election commissions, primary boards and administrators of elections of their duties and responsibilities required by this part;   Provide opinions upon the requirements of this part to the members of the general assembly, district attorneys general, the state and county election commissions, and such other officials who are charged with the administration of this law; and   Represent the registry of election finance in any action or lawsuit in any court of this state.     It is the duty of each district attorney general to:  Investigate any sworn complaint filed in accordance with § 2-10-108(c); and   Seek injunctions from the chancery courts of this state to enforce this part against any campaign committee or candidate about whom a sworn complaint has been filed, if such action is justified.
TN Code § 2-10-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 1 - Financial Disclosure|§ 2-10-111. Notification of Local Election by County Election Commission — Report of Compliance With Statement Filings — Reporting of Late Filings

  Each county election commission shall notify the state election commission and the registry of election finance of each local election held in that county at the same time that public notice is posted for the election.   Each time that a statement for a candidate for local public office or political campaign committee for a local election is due to be filed with the county election commission under § 2-10-105, the county election commission shall file with the registry of election finance a report certifying that all candidates have filed the report timely or a list of all candidates who have failed to report timely. For each local candidate who is reported to the registry of election finance as filing late, the county election commission shall be required to file, on a form prescribed by the registry, information pertaining to the late filing. The registry shall determine by rule what information from the county election commission shall be necessary. Any changes or revisions to the rules shall be promulgated pursuant to § 4-55-103(1).