Tennessee Statutes § 2-7-121 Rejected ballots
Statute Text
No person may take any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls. If a voter refuses to give the paper ballot to the judge to be deposited in the ballot box after marking it, the officer of elections shall require that the ballot be surrendered to the officer and shall deposit it in a sealed envelope marked "Rejected" with the person's name, the reason for rejection, and the officer's signature.
History
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-721.
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