§ 2-1-112 — Restrictions on commission or board membership or service as campaign manager or treasurer or election official

(a) (1) An elected official or an employee of a municipal, county, state, or federal governmental body or agency shall not serve as a member of a county election commission. (2) A member of a county election commission shall not serve as the campaign manager or treasurer of any candidate's political campaign in a local, state, or federal election during the commissioner's term of office. A violation of this subdivision (a)(2) subjects the member to immediate removal from office by a majority vote of the state election commission. This subdivision (a)(2) does not prohibit a member of the county election commission from providing uncompensated advice on a one-on-one basis to a candidate or party officer, nor does it prohibit providing a financial contribution to a candidate or party organization. (3) A candidate in an election shall not act in connection with that election as a member of any board or commission established under this title or as an election official. (4) This section does not disqualify an employee of a county or city school system who does not work directly under the supervision of an elected official from serving as a member of the county election commission. (b) The following persons shall not serve as election officials: (1) An employee of a county or city who works directly under the supervision of an elected official who is on the ballot; (2) The spouse, parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of a candidate or declared write-in candidate to be voted for at the election in that precinct or district. This subdivision (b)(2) disqualifies a person whose relationship to the candidate is the result of birth, marriage, or adoption. This subdivision (b)(2) does not disqualify a person from serving as an election official if the candidate to whom the person is related is an unopposed candidate. For purposes of this subdivision (b)(2), an "unopposed candidate" includes an individual whose nomination to an office at a primary election is unopposed by any other candidate within the same political party; or (3) A member of a reserve unit of the United States army, air force, marine corps or navy, or a member of the national guard who is on active duty.

Legislative History

Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 880, s 1, eff. 4/14/2022. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 655, s 3, eff. 4/2/2020. Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 146, Secs.s 1, s 2, s 3eff. 4/12/2013. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1978, ch. 538, § 1; 1979, ch. 304, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-112; Acts 1981, ch. 106, § 1; 1984, ch. 664, § 1; 2005, ch. 163, §5; 2008 , ch. 1051, § 1.