Tennessee Statutes § 2-2-205 Registration procedures where agency does not require applications for its services
Statute Text
(a)
To the extent that a voter registration agency is an office, public library or high school described in §
2-2-202
(3)
and does not require or provide applications for its services, that office, public library or high school shall:
(1)
Distribute or otherwise make available the voter registration-by-mail application form described in §
2-2-115
to those individuals whom the office, public library or high school serves;
(2)
Provide the person the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the registration application form as is provided by the office, public library or high school with regard to the services offered by that office, public library or high school; and
(3)
Accept the completed voter registration forms for transmittal to the appropriate county election commission to be processed as a voter registration-by-mail form in accordance with §
2-2-115
.
(b)
A completed voter registration accepted at a voter registration agency described in this section shall be transmitted to the appropriate county election commission office not later than ten (10) days after the date of acceptance; provided, that if the document is accepted within five (5) days before the last day for registration to vote in an election, the application shall be transmitted to the appropriate county election commission office not later than five (5) days after the date of acceptance.
History
Acts 1994, ch. 947, § 6; 1997 , ch. 501 , § 2.
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