Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-7-118 (2024)
Time limit for voting - Removal of voter
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- (a) No voter who is voting without assistance may remain in a voting machine booth or occupy a voting compartment for more than five (5) minutes if other voters are waiting or more than ten (10) minutes in any event.
- (b) If a voter refuses to leave after such time elapses, the officer of elections shall have the voter removed.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-718; Acts 2004, ch. 480, § 9.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1991–2009 · leading case: Forbes v. Bell, 816 S.W.2d 716 (Tenn. 1991).
Forbes v. Bell, 816 S.W.2d 716 (Tenn. 1991). “) Election officials at East Elementary School Precinct permitted lines of registered voters to accumulate as a result of a violation of T.C.A. 2-7-118 by not strictly enforcing the time limits for voters to use the voting machines thereby causing registered voters to leave the…”
Stuart v. Anderson Cnty. Election Comm'n, 300 S.W.3d 683 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 2-7-118 (Supp.2008) 4 provides as follows: Time limit for voting — Removal of voter.”
Joseph Lee v. Anderson Cnty. Election Comm'n, No. E2006-02572-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 31, 2007). “Plaintiff alleged that Tenn. Code Ann. §2-7-118 states that a voter cannot remain in the booth for more than 5-10 minutes, but that several voters in said election exceeded the time limits, and yet the election officials did nothing.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-7-118(a): 1 case
Forbes v. Bell, 816 S.W.2d 716 (Tenn. 1991). “) Election officials at East Elementary School Precinct permitted lines of registered voters to accumulate as a result of a violation of T.C.A. 2-7-118 by not strictly enforcing the time limits for voters to use the voting machines thereby causing registered voters to leave the…”
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