2010 Tennessee Code
Title 2 - Elections
Chapter 12 - County Election Commissions
Part 2 - Registrars
2-12-202 - Precinct registrars and assistants Appointment and duties.

2-12-202. Precinct registrars and assistants Appointment and duties.

(a)  (1)  Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2), 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 each election.

     (2)  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 majority party members of the county election commission shall appoint one (1) precinct registrar for a two (2) year term for each polling place, and the minority party members of the commission shall appoint one (1) precinct registrar for a two (2) year term for each polling place. The appointments shall be made on the first Monday in May of each odd-numbered year.

(b)  The commission may appoint for each polling place for each election only as many assistant precinct registrars as may be necessary to expedite voting.

(c)  Precinct registrars and assistant precinct registrars shall perform the duties imposed by this title and duties assigned them by the county election commission.

[Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1210; Acts 1993, ch. 518, §§ 4, 21.]