Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-17-110 (2026)

Voting machine as evidence

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(a) If voting machines were used in the election, any party to the contest who challenges either the accuracy of the voting machines or the accuracy of the election officials' recording of the vote on the machines may have the machine or machines brought into court to be examined by the parties or as evidence.

(b) The total votes shown on the machine shall be conclusive unless the court finds reason to believe that the vote shown on the machine is not accurate.

Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1710.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2000–2008 · leading case: Mills v. Shelby Cnty. Election Comm'n, 218 S.W.3d 33 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006).

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Mills v. Shelby Cnty. Election Comm'n, 218 S.W.3d 33 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “§ 2-9-110, and T.C.A § 2-17-110. 2 . Mr. Mills also filed an Application to the Supreme Court to Assume Jurisdiction pursuant to T.”

Mike Parsons v. Jeff Huffman (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 5× “§ 2-17-110. Voting machine as evidence. – -8- (a) If voting machines were used in the election, any party to the contest who challenges either the accuracy of the voting machines or the accuracy of the election officials’ recording of the vote on the machines may have the…”

Lineberry v. Ashe (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-17-110 (1994). This statute is by its terms applicable to a complaint alleging a cause of action in a statutory election contest and not to a complaint fatally defective ab initio under Rule 12.”

John Willingham v. Shelby Cnty. Election Comm'n (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004). “We further note that since Willingham is complaining primarily about the results emanating from the voting machines, no effort was made for the machines to be brought in and examined pursuant to T.C.A. 2-17-110. Consequently, Appellant’s first two issues are without merit.”

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