Tennessee Statutes § 2-15-205 Certification of electors

(1) The electors must serve as electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute elector must fill the vacancy; and

(2) If a substitute elector is appointed to fill a vacancy, then the governor must submit an amended certificate of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of this state's electors.