Tennessee Regulations § 1360-02-09-.05 WRITE-IN BOARD
Regulation Text
(1)
The write-in board will consist of one or more teams of four members each, two of whom shall be members of the majority party and two of whom shall be members of the minority party. Write-in ballots shall be manually tallied on a tally sheet provided by the county election commission for this purpose. The procedure for tallying shall be as follows:
(a)
One member of the team shall call the votes in a clear and distinctive voice. Another member of the team of the opposite party shall observe the call. The third member of the team of the opposite party of the person calling the vote shall write down the tally on the tally sheet. He shall be observed by the fourth member of the team who shall be of the same political party as the member calling the tally.
(b)
The tally sheet shall, at conclusion of the evening be signed by all four members of the write-in board team and shall be forwarded, together with the write-in ballots, to the data processing board. The write-in tally sheet shall be tallied by precinct.
(2)
The county election commission may allow its duplication board to also serve as the write-in board. However, the make-up of the board and procedures as provided in this rule shall be strictly adhered to.
History
Original rule filed April 19, 1974; effective May 19, 1974. Repeal and new rule filed August 19, 1994; effective December 29, 1994.
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