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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 2-2-134 - Notice of cancellation attached to registration records - Cancelled registrations - Rejected ballots
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TN Code § 2-2-134 (2023)
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- (a) When an administrator of elections receives the notice provided by § 2-2-123, the administrator shall immediately attach the notice to the permanent registration records of the voter.
- (b) When a voter requests cancellation of registration, or the voter's registration is purged, the administrator shall cancel the registration by writing on the face of the permanent registration record of the voter
"Registration terminated this ______________ because ______________
(Date)
______________"
The cancellation shall be signed by the administrator.
- (c) The permanent registration records of the voter shall be placed in an alphabetically arranged file of purged registrations which shall be a public record. The file of purged registrations shall be retained by the county election commission for two (2) years from the date of the purge, after which time it may be destroyed by the county election commission.
- (d) Upon purging a registration record, the administrator shall determine whether the voter has an outstanding or uncounted absentee ballot. If the voter has an outstanding ballot, it shall be marked "Rejected" on receipt. If the voter has an uncounted ballot already submitted, the administrator shall provide the commission with the voter's name and ballot number, and the voter's ballot shall be rejected and so marked on election day.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1979, ch. 306, § 7; T.C.A., § 2-234; Acts 1980, ch. 609, § 4.
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