Tennessee Regulations § 1360-02-13-.19 WRITE-IN PROCEDURE AND CHALLENGED AND REJECTED BALLOTS

Any electronic voting system which has been certified as herein before provided which has the capability of allowing write-in votes on the machine itself, such write-in feature shall be utilized for the purpose of allowing a voter to write-in candidate('s) name(s) and no paper ballots shall be furnished for such purpose. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, any county election commission may, at the option of the local election commission, furnish paper ballots for the purpose of allowing a voter to write-in candidate('s) name(s) in lieu of allowing a voter to write-in votes on the machine itself upon publication of notice of same pursuant to T.C.A. § 2-1-110 not less than ninety (90) days prior to the election in which paper ballots are to be used. The use of both paper ballots for write-in votes and the machine write-in feature during the same election is strictly prohibited. In the event the write-in feature on the machine is used and a voter is successfully challenged under T.C.A. §§ 2-7-124, 2-7-125 or 2-7-126 then he shall be allowed to vote on paper absentee ballot and such ballot shall be sealed and preserved as provided by law. Each county election commission shall record the ballot stub numbers of absentee ballots which are dispensed to each polling place for the purpose of challenged voters. Each county election commission shall determine the actual number of such ballots to be dispensed to each precinct.