Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-7-137

Items to be locked in ballot box after certification of the completed tally sheets

Known as the Election Code

The act spans §§ 2–2 (475 sections).

Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-737; Acts 1982, ch. 871, § 1.

After certification of the completed tally sheets and the performance of the other duties of this chapter, the officer of elections shall have the following items placed in the ballot box or boxes which shall then be locked:

(1) The bound bundles of paper ballots;

(2) The record of voter assistance;

(3) The envelopes containing spoiled ballots;

(4) The envelopes containing rejected ballots;

(5) The poll books;

(6) The bound applications for ballots;

(7) The portions of unused paper ballots containing the numbered stubs;

(8) The envelopes containing the voting machine keys; and

(9) The ballot box keys.

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.