Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-5-103 (2026)
Candidates for statewide elections
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Each independent or primary candidate for an office elected by the voters of the entire state shall file the candidate's original nominating petition in the office of the state election commission and a certified duplicate with the coordinator of elections and with the chair of the party's state executive committee in the case of primary candidates.
- (b) The chair of the state election commission shall, no later than twelve (12:00) noon prevailing time on the first Thursday after the deadlines set in § 2-5-101, certify to the chairs of the county election commissions the names of all candidates who have qualified under this section to have their names on the ballots for general or primary elections.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1978, ch. 754, § 2; T.C.A., § 2-507.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1996–1996 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Hooker v. Thompson, 249 S.W.3d 331 (Tenn. 1996).
State Ex Rel. Hooker v. Thompson, 249 S.W.3d 331 (Tenn. 1996). “Thompson, the State Coordinator of Elections, pursuant to T.C.A. § 2-5-103. Mr. Thompson refused to furnish Appellants Hooker and Laska with a nominating petition.”
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