The officer of elections shall show the ballot box to the judges who shall verify that it is empty, and the officer shall then lock the ballot box before the polling place is open for voting. The ballot box shall remain locked until the votes are to be counted after voting has ended.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-7-109
Ballot boxes — Locked during voting
Known as the Election Code
The act spans §§ 2–2 (475 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Stuart v. Anderson County Election Commission (2007)
Most recently applied in King v. Sevier County Election Commission (July 2008)
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-709.
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.