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Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-4-106

Nominations for appointments as election officials — Appointment by commission

Known as the Election Code

The act spans §§ 2–2 (475 sections).

Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1974, ch. 642, §§ 2, 4; 1979, ch. 306, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-406; Acts 2014, ch. 724, § 1.

(1) Each county primary board shall, and each county executive committee may, nominate persons for appointment as election officials, including precinct and assistant precinct registrars.

(2) The county election commission shall appoint such nominees as election officials to meet the requirements of §§ 2-4-102, 2-4-104 and 2-4-105, but when there is an inadequate number of nominees, the county election commission may nominate as many additional persons as may be necessary for appointment.

(3) The nominations made pursuant to this section shall be made thirty (30) days prior to the appointment time, except that this subsection (c) does not apply to counties with a metropolitan form of government.

(4) The county election commission of any county may refuse to appoint any person nominated hereunder if the members of the county election commission of the political party for which the person was appointed are of the opinion that: Such person is incompetent to hold elections;

(5) Such person failed to serve as directed in previous elections; or

(6) Such person is otherwise, in their opinion, unfit to serve in the election.

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.