Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-1-112
Restrictions on commission or board membership or service as campaign manager or treasurer or election official
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Current — September 30, 2020
As of September 1, 2020
(1) Neither an elected official nor an employee of a county, municipal or federal governmental body or agency or of an elected official may serve as a member of a county election commission or as a member of a county primary board or as an election official. No candidate in an election may act in connection with that election as a member of any board or commission established under this title or as an election official.
(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) No state employee may serve as a member of a county election commission or as a member of a county primary board.
(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.
(4) This section does not disqualify any person who is within its terms solely because the person is a notary public, or a member of a reserve unit of the United States army, air force, marine corps or navy, or a member of the national guard unless the person is a full-time employee or member of such reserve unit or the national guard, or unless the person is on active duty.
(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) The following persons shall not serve as election officials: An employee of a county or city who works directly under the supervision of an elected official who is on the ballot;
(5) 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
(6) This section does not disqualify any person from service as an officer of elections, judge, machine operator, assistant precinct registrar or inspector because the person is a member of a reserve unit of the United States army, air force, marine corps or navy or the national guard except while the person is on active duty.
(6) 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.
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