Tennessee § 2-20-101 Utilization of precinct-based optical scanners

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§ 2-20-101 — Utilization of precinct-based optical scanners

Tennessee § 2-20-101

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-20-101 (2026).

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(a)A county election commission may utilize precinct-based optical scanners.

(b)As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)"Performance audit" means a review of the procedures followed to conduct the election;

(2)"Precinct-based optical scanner" means an optical ballot scanner that is located in the precinct and into which optical scan voter-verified paper ballots, marked either by hand by the voter or with the assistance of a device, are inserted to count the voter verified paper ballot;

(3)"Risk-limiting audit" means a protocol which checks a random sample of ballots chosen by statistical methods;

(4)"Top race" means the presidential race, if the presidential race is on the ballot, or the governor's race, if the governor's race is on the ballot;

(5)"Traditi

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(a) A county election commission may utilize precinct-based optical scanners. (b) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Performance audit" means a review of the procedures followed to conduct the election; (2) "Precinct-based optical scanner" means an optical ballot scanner that is located in the precinct and into which optical scan voter-verified paper ballots, marked either by hand by the voter or with the assistance of a device, are inserted to count the voter verified paper ballot; (3) "Risk-limiting audit" means a protocol which checks a random sample of ballots chosen by statistical methods; (4) "Top race" means the presidential race, if the presidential race is on the ballot, or the governor's race, if the governor's race is on the ballot; (5) "Traditional audit" means a protocol which requires bipartisan teams of election officials to hand count a number of randomly chosen ballots; and (6) "Voter-verified paper ballot" means a permanent, individual paper ballot that is marked either manually by the voter or with the assistance of a device and verified by the voter as correctly reflecting the voter's intent, before the voter's vote is counted by the precinct-based optical scanner. (c) It is the intent of the general assembly that any county election commission utilizing a precinct-based optical scanner pursuant to this chapter shall comply in all respects with this chapter and federal law.