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Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-13-309

Presidential candidate's consent

Known as the Election Code

The act spans §§ 2-10-102 to 2-9-118 (475 sections).

Acts 1976, ch. 421, § 9; T.C.A., § 2-1349; Acts 1980, ch. 481, § 2; 1986, ch. 562, § 17.

(1) In the event that the delegate-candidate is subject to the provisions of § 2-13-308(2), the delegate-candidate shall provide the secretary of state with the presidential candidate's written consent thereto no later than twelve o'clock (12:00) noon prevailing time at the time the nominating petition is filed.

(2) In the event that such consent is not granted in writing by the presidential candidate, then the name of the delegate-candidate shall appear on the ballot as an uncommitted delegate-candidate.

(3) Each presidential candidate must consent for each district to at least one (1) more and no more than twice the number of delegate-candidates being pledged to such candidate than the number of delegates allocated to the district.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.