Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-107 (2026)
Illegal registration or voting
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) A person commits a Class D felony who:
- (1) Intentionally and knowing that such person is not entitled to, registers or votes in any manner or attempts to register or vote in any manner where or when such person is not entitled to under this title, including voting more than once in the same election; or
- (2) Votes in the primary elections of more than one (1) political party in an election.
- (b) When any person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2), in addition to any other punishment that may be imposed for the offense, the court shall impose a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000). The additional fine shall be paid to the clerk of the court imposing sentence, who shall transfer it to the state treasurer, who shall deposit the fine in the reward pool fund, created by § 40-8-105.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 246,s 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 724,s 9, eff. 4/16/2014.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1975, ch. 308, § 2; T.C.A., § 2-1907; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 11; 2004, ch. 480, § 10; 2006, ch. 903, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: Ashe v. Hargett (M.D. Tenn. 2024).
Ashe v. Hargett (M.D. Tenn. 2024). “Section 2-19-107 makes it a felony, for a person who knows that he or she is not entitled to register or vote under Title 2, to register or vote (or attempt to do so) intentionally.”
State of Tennessee v. Gregory D. Roberts (Tenn. Crim. App. 2011). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-107 (1) (Supp. 2008).”
Ernest Falls v. Mark Goins (Dissent) (Tenn. 2023). “Section 2-19-143(3) lists “Prohibited Practices,” including interfering with nominating meetings or elections (section 2-19-101), illegal -3- registration or voting (section 2-19-107), misrepresentations on campaign literature or sample ballots (section 2-19-116), bribing voters…”
State of Tennessee v. Rufus Steven Johns (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002). “For this reason, he was charged with and entered a nolo contendere plea to intentionally registering to vote where he was not entitled to in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated section 2-19-107. The Defendant’s first argument is that the district attorney general abused his…”
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