§ 2-6-302. Counting board

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TN ST § 2-6-302West's Tennessee Code AnnotatedTitle 2. ElectionsEffective: July 1, 2008 (Approx. 2 pages)

West's Tennessee Code Annotated

Title 2. Elections

Chapter 6. Absentee Voting (Refs & Annos)

Part 3. General Provisions

Effective: July 1, 2008

T. C. A. § 2-6-302

§ 2-6-302. Counting board

Currentness

(a)(1) The county election commission shall appoint registered voters of the county to constitute a central absentee ballot counting board to count the ballots cast under this chapter.

(2) The board shall consist of one (1) officer of elections and three (3) judges appointed subject to § 2-4-104. To count the ballots properly and with reasonable speed the commission may, if necessary, appoint additional judges subject to § 2-4-105.

(3) The board shall be assisted by the administrator of elections or other personnel of the county election commission.

(4) The officer and judges shall be compensated at the same rate as other election officials.

(5) The counting board shall be located at a location designated by the county election commission. Notice of the location shall be published in conjunction with the notice of election required by § 2-12-111(c) and shall not be changed except in the event of an emergency.

(b) If the county election commission determines that there are fewer than one hundred (100) absentee ballots to be counted, the county election commission may act as the central absentee ballot counting board without additional compensation.

Credits

1972 Pub.Acts, c. 740, § 1; 1992 Pub.Acts, c. 895, § 2; 1994 Pub.Acts, c. 859, § 2, eff. June 1, 1994; 2003 Pub.Acts, c. 352, § 7, eff. July 1, 2003; 2008 Pub.Acts, c. 928, § 12, eff. July 1, 2008.

Formerly § 2-616; § 2-6-116.

T. C. A. § 2-6-302, TN ST § 2-6-302

Current with effective legislation through Chapter 925 of the 2024 Regular Session of the 113th Tennessee General Assembly. Some sections may be more current; see credits for details. Pursuant to §§ 1-1-110, 1-1-111, and 1-2-114, the Tennessee Code Commission certifies the final, official version of the Tennessee Code and, until then, may make editorial changes to the statutes. References to the updates made by the most recent legislative session should be to the Public Chapter and not to the T.C.A. until final revisions have been made to the text, numbering, and hierarchical headings on Westlaw to conform to the official text. Unless legislatively provided, section name lines are prepared by the publisher.

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