Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-111 (2026)
Unlawful examination, removal, rejection or destruction of marked ballots
✓ current as of May 2026
A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if, except as required or permitted by this title, such person intentionally opens and examines any voter's marked ballot, removes the ballot from the ballot box, prevents the ballot being placed in the ballot box or destroys or changes a voter's ballot.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1911; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1999, ch. 216, § 3.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2021–2021 · leading case: Tennesseans For Sensible Election Laws v. Herbert H. Slatery, III (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021).
Tennesseans For Sensible Election Laws v. Herbert H. Slatery, III (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021). “10 Title 2, Chapter 19 of the Tennessee Code is also titled “Prohibited Practices” and addresses topics such as “Interference with Marked Ballots,” see Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-111 , and “Violence and Intimidation,” see id.”
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