Title 2, Elections

Within twenty (20) days after their appointment, the county election commissioners shall organize by the selection of a chair and a secretary of different political parties from among them. The county election commission shall within ten (10) days thereafter report to the secreta…

The county election commission shall give prompt notice of all vacancies to the state election commission, which shall appoint a new commissioner of the same political party as the vacating commissioner to fill the unexpired term.

(a) The state election commission shall issue to the county election commissioners commissions of appointment signed by the chair. (b) The state election commission shall keep records of the names and addresses of all county election commissioners and their officers, of dates of …

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2), each member of the county election commission shall receive each month from the county funds the following minimum amount as compensation for each day spent in the performance of such duties:(A) In counties of the first class, sev…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, it is the responsibility of the county to fund the operations of its election commission. If a county fails to appropriate funds sufficient to pay expenses that are reasonably necessary for the discharge of the statutorily mandated dut…

The county election commissioners may administer oaths in the performance of their duties.

(a) The county election commission shall publish, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality in which the election is to be held, a notice of all elections, except special elections, not less than twenty-one (21) days before the qualifying deadline for ca…

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, the members of the county election commission shall be in …

The chair of the county election commission shall furnish the first grand jury sitting in the county after an election the names of all appointed election officials who failed to serve in the election and who did not notify the commission in advance that they could not. If an aff…

(a) Each county election commission shall provide to the coordinator of elections the following information by precinct beginning on June 1, 1995, and each six (6) months thereafter:(1) The number of active voters and the number of inactive voters at the beginning of the reportin…

In all cases not otherwise provided for, when fractions of counties have been cut off to establish a new county, the county election commission of each old county shall, until the next apportionment of representatives, hold all elections for governor, members of congress, and mem…

(1) The county election commission shall promulgate such policies as are necessary to aid the personnel of the election commission office in the performance of their duties with regard to the promotion of voter registration and the electoral process. These duties shall include th…

(a) Each county election commission is authorized to develop, with the advice, assistance and approval of the registry of election finance, an internet based electronic filing process for use by candidates for local public office and all political campaign committees for a local …

(a) The county election commission or the administrator 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 county election commission or the administrat…

(a) If an administrator of elections attends a training, seminar, conference, or other educational event related to elections and such event is outside of this state, the administrator of elections must file a form prescribed by the coordinator of elections reporting, at a minimu…

(1) The commission shall appoint an administrator of elections who shall be the chief administrative officer of the commission and who shall be responsible for the daily operations of the office and the execution of all elections. The duties of the administrator of elections may,…

(a) The majority party members of the county election commission shall appoint one (1) precinct registrar for each polling place, and the minority party members of the commission shall appoint one (1) precinct registrar for each polling place. The appointments shall be made for e…

For each day's attendance upon registration periods and for attendance at the polls, precinct registrars and assistant precinct registrars shall be paid a minimum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day. The compensation may be increased by resolution of the county legislative body.

If a precinct registrar is absent on a day fixed for registration or for an election, the commissioners representing the same party as the absent registrar shall select a person who meets the requirements of this chapter to act for the absent precinct registrar during the period …

The commission may remove any precinct registrar for violation of such registrar's oath as a registrar.

If a precinct registrar dies, resigns or is removed, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the commissioners representing the same party as the registrar. The new appointee shall serve for the unexpired term of the person whom such appointee replaces.

The administrator of elections, deputies, precinct registrars and assistant precinct registrars may administer oaths in the performance of their duties.

(a) Any administrator of elections employed pursuant to § 2-12-201, who has been certified under § 2-11-202(b), shall receive as a base minimum yearly salary at least ninety percent (90%) of the base salary of the county's assessor of property, as provided in § 67-1-508, if the o…

(a) (1) The state shall pay to the general fund of every county in which the administrator of elections is or becomes certified under § 2-11-202(b), the sum of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) in the manner set out in subsection (b) of this section.(2) In years in which the se…

Nothing in Acts 1986, ch. 930 shall be construed as conferring upon any county election commission, administrator of elections or any other county election official, status as a state employee. All such persons shall be subject to all applicable purchasing and budgetary laws of s…

(a) An administrator of elections who qualifies as a candidate for public office while serving as administrator is automatically disqualified to continue in office as administrator. (b) If an immediate family member of an administrator of elections is on the ballot for public off…