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 2-2-124 - Registration card

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 2-2-124 (2023)
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  • (a) After determining that the registrant is entitled to register, the administrator of elections shall give or mail to each voter who is registered permanently a registration card which shall certify that the voter is registered. The voter shall sign the card in the presence of the administrator except for mail registrants or transferors.
  • (b) The card shall be in substantially the following form on material on which any alteration of the card or of the voter's signature will be readily apparent:

    REGISTRATION CARD

    This is to certify that Mr. ______________

    Mrs. ______________

    Miss ______________

    of ______________ voting precinct ____________________ ward ______________ City ____________________ County Tennessee, was duly registered on the ____________________ day of ______________, 20 ____________________. Residence ____________________ and is entitled to vote on and after ______________.

    ____________________

    Administrator of Elections

    ____________________

    Voter's Signature

  • (c) On the reverse side of the card shall be printed the reasons for which the registration will be purged and how registration may be transferred to prevent purging.
  • (d) Registered voters determined by the administrator of elections to be blind so as to qualify for assistance in voting as provided by § 2-7-116(b) shall be provided a permanent registration card, on the reverse side of which shall be printed the provisions for assistance available to such voters under § 2-7-116(b).
  • (e) Under no circumstances shall a social security number be printed on a voter registration card or used as an identifying number on a voter registration card.

Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1977, ch. 5, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-224; Acts 2001, ch. 413, § 3; 2008 , ch. 635, § 1.


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