Tennessee Statutes
§ 2-8-108 — Preservation of paper ballots and other ballot supplies
Tennessee·Title 2
(a)The commission shall preserve all paper ballots for six (6) months after the election to which they were cast or offered to be cast and may then dispose of them. During the period in which they are preserved, the packages of ballots shall be kept securely locked and may be opened and the ballots examined only on court order or under chapter 18 of this title.
(b)All other election documents such as applications for all ballots, spoiled and rejected ballots, voter affidavits, records of assistance to voters, etc., shall be preserved by the county election commission for six (6) months or longer if so ordered by a court or by the coordinator of elections. All election documents pertaining to a federal election shall be preserved by the county election commission for twenty-two (22) month
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Related
Stuart v. Anderson County Election Commission
237 S.W.3d 297 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2007)
Fraternal Order Of Police v. Metropolitan Government Of Nashville And Davidson County, Tennessee
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2019)
Legislative History
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1979, ch. 306, § 6; T.C.A., §2-808; Acts 2009 , ch. 218, § 8.
Nearby Sections
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§ 2-1-101
Short title§ 2-1-102
Purpose§ 2-1-103
Scope of title§ 2-1-104
Title definitions§ 2-1-105
Voting eligibility§ 2-1-106
Absence from work allowed for voting§ 2-1-108
Filing of required documents§ 2-1-109
Copies of documents - Certification§ 2-1-113
Meetings of boards and commissions§ 2-1-114
Requisites for political parties§ 2-1-115
Computation of time