2019 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 29 - Restoration of Citizenship
Part 2 - Voting Rights
§ 40-29-204. Persons never eligible to register and vote.
- Notwithstanding this part, the following persons shall never be eligible to register and vote in this state:
(1) Those convicted after July 1, 1986, of the offenses of voter fraud, treason, murder in the first degree, or aggravated rape;
(2) Those convicted after July 1, 1996, but before July 1, 2006, of any of the offenses set out in subdivision (1) or any other degree of murder or rape; and
(3) Those convicted on or after July 1, 2006, of:
(A) Any of the offenses set out in subdivision (1) or (2);
(B) Any other violation of title 39, chapter 16, parts 1, 4 or 5 designated as a felony or any violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court; or
(C) Any sexual offense set out in § 40-39-202 or violent sexual offense set out in § 40-39-202 that is designated as a felony or any violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court and where the victim of the offense was a minor.
