Title 2, Elections

(a) Any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be a bona fide member of the same party as the person such person replaces. (b) If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the state election commission at the time when the general assembly is in session, the vacancy may be filled by t…

(a) The members shall qualify within fifteen (15) days after their election and organize by the selection of one (1) member as chair and another as secretary. (b) The chair and secretary shall be elected for terms of one (1) year and shall be members of different political partie…

Each member of the state election commission shall receive as compensation such sum as the general assembly may appropriate.

(a) The state election commission shall be allowed the necessary sum per annum, payable out of the state treasury, for stationery, postage, and expenses incidental to the conduct of the business of the commission, which shall be payable upon vouchers signed by the secretary and c…

All meetings of the state election commission shall be held in the city of Nashville and at a place selected by the commission.

The chair of the state primary board of any statewide political party which has no members on the state election commission shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the state election commission.

No member of the state election commission who is appointed to the commission after January 1, 2009, shall be the campaign manager or treasurer of any candidate's political campaign in a local, state or federal election during the commissioner's term of office. A violation of thi…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, if the majority party, as defined in § 2-1-104, changes as a result of the 2008 regular November election, then two (2) additional members from the majority party shall be added to the commission. The additional…

The general assembly, by joint resolution, may remove a member of the state election commission for cause and may remove a member who becomes unqualified.

(a) The state election commission, secretary of state, or coordinator of elections may only accept funding from appropriations of public funds from the United States government, the state of Tennessee, or a county or municipality in this state. The state election commission, secr…

(a) Members of the state election commission shall disclose any employment or the receipt of a fee, commission, or another form of compensation, including in-kind contributions, received for services related to elections. (b) Such disclosure must include:(1) The name and address …

(a) The secretary of state shall appoint the coordinator of elections, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of state and for such compensation as the secretary of state determines. (b) The coordinator of elections is the chief administrative election officer of the st…

(a) The coordinator of elections shall:(1) Generally supervise all elections;(2) Prepare instructions for the conduct of registration;(3) Advise election commissions, primary boards, and administrators of elections as to the proper methods of performing their duties;(4) Authorita…