Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-102 (2026)
Qualified voter - Citizenship requirement
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) A citizen of the United States eighteen (18) years of age or older who is a resident of this state is a qualified voter unless the citizen is disqualified under this title or under a judgment of infamy pursuant to § 40-20-112.
- (b)
- (1) An individual who is not a citizen of the United States shall not vote in a federal, state, or local election.
- (2) A county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state shall not grant voting rights to a person who is not a United States citizen for an election.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 939, s 1, eff. 4/29/2022.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1973, ch. 327, § 2; T.C.A., § 2-202; Acts 1981, ch. 342, § 2; 1994, ch. 919, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1981–2015 · leading case: Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005). “§ 12-3-1 (West 2004) Tennessee 18 Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-102 (2003) Texas 18 Tex.”
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-102 (1985) Tex. Tex.”
Halbert v. Shelby Cnty. Election Comm'n, 31 S.W.3d 246 (Tenn. 2000). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 2-2-102 (1994). Halbert insists that the prior version of this section, which defined "qualified voter” as "a resident of the State for a period of at least twenty days prior to offering himself for registration,” is applicable.”
Taylor v. Armentrout, 632 S.W.2d 107 (Tenn. 1981). “TCA § 2-2-102, which provides that a qualified voter is any United States citizen, at least eighteen years old, who has been a resident of Tennessee for at least twenty days prior to registering, unless he is disqualified under other Code provisions.”
Billy Walker v. United States, 800 F.3d 720 (6th Cir. 2015). “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 2-2-102 , 40-20-112, 40- 29-201.”
Comm. to Oppose the Annexation of Topside & Louisville Road v. City of Alcoa, 881 S.W.2d 269 (Tenn. 1994). “(T.C.A. § 2-2-102). A person shall be registered as a voter of the precinct in which he is a resident.”
Kenneth T. Whalum, Jr. v. Shelby Cnty. Election Comm'n (Tenn. Ct. App. 2014). “, are citizens of the state, eighteen years or older, and not convicted of infamous crimes, see Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-102 ), but also that voters cast their ballots in the appropriate precincts or districts.”
John Jay Hooker v. Phil Bredesen (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “) was unconstitutional because: The Tennessee legislature has no power to authorize out-of-state campaign contributions and must prohibit the use of said contributions in the election process under the mandates of Tennessee Constitution Article I, Sections 1, 4, 5 & 8, Article…”
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