2023 Tennessee Code
Title 2 - ELECTIONS (§§ 2-1-101 — 2-20-109)
Chapter 2 - VOTER REGISTRATION (§§ 2-2-101 — 2-2-303)
Part 1 - REGISTRATION BY ELECTION COMMISSIONS (§§ 2-2-101 — 2-2-143)
Section 2-2-118 - Filling out of permanent registration record - Change of registration or name

• (a) If a person registers to vote in the election commission office, the commission employee who assists the person in registering shall fill out the permanent registration record except for the person's signature or mark.

• (b) When any person changes one's registration from postcard to in-person, the record from the old form may be transferred onto the new form, and the new form may indicate the date of transfer upon request of the registrant.

• (c) Except as provided in subsection (d):
  • (1) When a person changes one's name for any reason on the registration form, the record from the old form may be transferred onto the new form, and the new form may indicate the date of transfer upon request of the registrant; and
  • (2) If a person changes one's name because of a change in marital status, the person may use either the old name or the new name. If the person wishes to have one's new name reflected on the registration form, the person shall so request the administrator of elections or a designated employee.

• (d) 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, when a person changes one's name on one's registration form, the record from the old form may be transferred onto the new form, and the new form may indicate the date of transfer upon request of the registrant.

Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1975, ch. 308, § 6; T.C.A., § 2-218; Acts 1981, ch. 460, § 1; 1990, ch. 628, § 1; 1993, ch. 518, §§ 20, 21; 1994, ch. 919, § 17.