Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-125 (2026)
Rejected registration - Right to appeal - Reports of violations
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) If the administrator of elections determines that the registrant is not entitled to be registered, the administrator shall tell the registrant the reason, write the reason on the back of the original permanent registration record, and file the original and the duplicate alphabetically in a binder of rejected registrations.
- (b) The administrator shall tell the registrant that the registrant has a right to appeal the decision to the commission within ten (10) days and offer the registrant an appeal form.
- (c) The action of the commission on the registrant's application for registration on appeal shall be a final administrative action.
- (d) If the commission determines, after notice and hearing for the appellant, that the appellant was not entitled to register, the commission shall give the appellant a written statement of its reasons for so holding.
- (e) If the commission believes that the appellant has violated the law in registering, it shall report the matter to the grand jury and the district attorney general.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-225.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2017–2025 · leading case: Tenn.Conf. of the NAACP v. William Lee, 105 F.4th 888 (6th Cir. 2024).
Tenn.Conf. of the NAACP v. William Lee, 105 F.4th 888 (6th Cir. 2024). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-125 (a). They must also alert them of a right to appeal to the county election commission and give them the “appeal form” for doing so.”
Tenn. State Conf. of the NAACP v. William Lee, 139 F.4th 557 (6th Cir. 2025). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-125 (a) (2024). They must also alert them of a right to appeal to the county election commission and give them the “appeal form” for doing so.”
William Thomas McFarland v. Michael S. Pemberton, 530 S.W.3d 76 (2017). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-125 (c). We agree with the Court of Appeals below that “it would be a mistake to suggest county election commissions only have the authority to perform ministerial functions.”
William Thomas McFarland v. Michael S. Pemberton (Tenn. 2017). “§ 2-2-125(a). The administrator also must “tell the registrant that the registrant has a right to appeal the decision to the commission within ten (10) days and offer the registrant an appeal form.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-125(a) — 1 case
William Thomas McFarland v. Michael S. Pemberton (Tenn. 2017). “§ 2-2-125(a). The administrator also must “tell the registrant that the registrant has a right to appeal the decision to the commission within ten (10) days and offer the registrant an appeal form.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-125(c) — 1 case
William Thomas McFarland v. Michael S. Pemberton (Tenn. 2017). “§ 2-2-125(a). The administrator also must “tell the registrant that the registrant has a right to appeal the decision to the commission within ten (10) days and offer the registrant an appeal form.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-125(d) — 1 case
William Thomas McFarland v. Michael S. Pemberton (Tenn. 2017). “§ 2-2-125(a). The administrator also must “tell the registrant that the registrant has a right to appeal the decision to the commission within ten (10) days and offer the registrant an appeal form.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-125(e) — 1 case
William Thomas McFarland v. Michael S. Pemberton (Tenn. 2017). “§ 2-2-125(a). The administrator also must “tell the registrant that the registrant has a right to appeal the decision to the commission within ten (10) days and offer the registrant an appeal form.”
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