Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-12-202 (2026)
Precinct registrars and assistants - Appointment and duties
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The majority party members of the county election commission shall appoint one (1) precinct registrar for each polling place, and the minority party members of the commission shall appoint one (1) precinct registrar for each polling place. The appointments shall be made for each election.
- (b) The commission may appoint for each polling place for each election only as many assistant precinct registrars as may be necessary to expedite voting.
- (c) Precinct registrars and assistant precinct registrars shall perform the duties imposed by this title and duties assigned them by the county election commission.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 268,Secs.s4, s5 eff. 4/25/2013.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1210; Acts 1993, ch. 518, §§ 4, 21.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1994–1994 · leading case: Cousin v. McWherter, 840 F. Supp. 1210 (E.D. Tenn. 1994).
Cousin v. McWherter, 840 F. Supp. 1210 (E.D. Tenn. 1994). “T.C.A. § 2-12-202. Defendant Hamilton County Election Commission has the duty of conducting elections in Hamilton County, including elections for Circuit Court, Criminal Court, and Chancery Court judges of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Hamilton County and General Sessions…”
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