(a)No voting precinct shall be established, created, consolidated, divided, or the boundaries otherwise altered unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, by reason of an annexation or other change in the boundary of a county or municipality, or in accordance with subsection (b). Any precinct boundary that is altered in accordance with this subsection (a) shall coincide with a census block as designated by the United States census bureau in the latest federal decennial census.
(b)The county election commission may establish, consolidate, or change the boundaries of precincts whenever the public convenience or law requires it; provided, that if any precinct boundary is altered pursuant to this subsection (b) then all of the following conditions must be met:
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(a) No voting precinct shall be established, created, consolidated, divided, or the boundaries otherwise altered unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, by reason of an annexation or other change in the boundary of a county or municipality, or in accordance with subsection (b). Any precinct boundary that is altered in accordance with this subsection (a) shall coincide with a census block as designated by the United States census bureau in the latest federal decennial census. (b) The county election commission may establish, consolidate, or change the boundaries of precincts whenever the public convenience or law requires it; provided, that if any precinct boundary is altered pursuant to this subsection (b) then all of the following conditions must be met: (1) Any precinct boundary that is altered shall coincide with a census block as designated by the United States census bureau in the latest federal decennial census; and (2) After December 31, 2018, all precinct boundaries within the jurisdiction of the county election commission that do not coincide with a census block as designated by the United States census bureau in the latest federal decennial census shall be altered so that the precinct boundaries do coincide with a census block as designated by the United States census bureau in the latest federal decennial census. (c) Any county election commission that alters the boundaries of any voting precinct in accordance with this section shall send a map, or geographic information systems file, to the comptroller of the treasury which clearly delineates the new boundaries of the voting precinct. (d) (1) After each decennial reapportionment, the state coordinator of elections shall submit a list of registered voters that has been submitted by each county to the comptroller of the treasury. (2) The comptroller of the treasury shall compare the list of registered voters received pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) to the comptroller's geographic information system data to ensure that registered voters have been assigned to the correct congressional, state house, state senate, and county governing body districts. (3) After the comptroller of the treasury completes the comparison required by subdivision (d)(2), the comptroller shall provide the results of the comparison, including a list of potential misassignments, to the county administrator of elections of each county and the state coordinator of elections. (4) Each county administrator of elections shall review the results of the comparison and make the final determination regarding the correct assignment of the registered voter. (5) Within seven (7) days of making its final determination regarding the correct assignment of any potentially misassigned registered voter, each county administrator of elections shall notify the comptroller of the treasury and the state coordinator of elections of their determinations, including a justification for any instance in which the final determination of the county administrator deviates from the comptroller's assignment of the registered voter.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 317, s 1, eff. 4/28/2023. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 194, s 2, eff. 4/22/2021. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 581, s 3, eff. 3/16/2018. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-302; Acts 1984, ch. 951, § 1; 1991, ch. 373, § 1; 1993, ch. 362, § 1; 1999, ch. 421, §§ 1 - 5; 2011 , ch. 46, §§ 1-4.