Filling out of permanent registration record — Change of registration or name

Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-118, under Registration by Election Commissions.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-118

(a) A person who registers to vote in the county election commission office shall present evidence of identification or verification of residential address, as those terms are defined in § 2-7-112.

(b) When any person changes one's registration from postcard to in-person, the record from the old form may be transferred onto the new form, and the new form may indicate the date of transfer upon request of the registrant.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d):(1) When a person changes one's name for any reason on the registration form, the record from the old form may be transferred onto the new form, and the new form may indicate the date of transfer upon request of the registrant; and(2) If a person changes one's name because of a change in marital status, the person may use either the old name or the new name. If the person wishes to have one's new name reflected on the registration form, the person shall so request the administrator of elections or a designated employee.

(1) When a person changes one's name for any reason on the registration form, the record from the old form may be transferred onto the new form, and the new form may indicate the date of transfer upon request of the registrant; and

(2) If a person changes one's name because of a change in marital status, the person may use either the old name or the new name. If the person wishes to have one's new name reflected on the registration form, the person shall so request the administrator of elections or a designated employee.

(d) In any county having 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, when a person changes one's name on one's registration form, the record from the old form may be transferred onto the new form, and the new form may indicate the date of transfer upon request of the registrant.