Tennessee Code 2-2-113 – Lists of registered voters provided to federal courts – List of person disqualified or potentially disqualified as prospective juror from jury service
(a) Lists of registered voters may be provided to federal courts for purposes of selecting jurors on the condition that the jury coordinator provides notice pursuant to subsection (b) regarding ineligible or potentially ineligible voters.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 2-2-113
Administrator of elections: means the chief administrative officer appointed by the county election commission. See Tennessee Code 2-2-101
Juror: A person who is on the jury.
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
(b) The jury coordinator shall prepare or cause to be prepared a list of each person disqualified or potentially disqualified as a prospective juror from jury service due to being a non-United States citizen, convicted of a felony, deceased, not a resident of this state, or not a resident of the county. The list must be prepared and sent to the coordinator of elections according to the jury summons cycle used by the court clerk. This section does not prevent the list from being sent more frequently. The list may be provided by mail, facsimile transmission, or email.(c) The jury coordinator shall provide the coordinator of elections with the following information about each disqualified juror:
(1) The full name of the disqualified juror;(2) Current and prior addresses, if any;(3) Telephone number, if available;(4) Date of birth; and(5) The reason the prospective juror was disqualified.(d) After verifying that the person is a registered voter, the coordinator of elections shall forward the information to the administrator of elections in the county where the voter is registered.(e) The administrator of elections shall follow the procedures prescribed by § 2-2-106 or § 2-2-141, as applicable.(f) In addition to the list of names, if the jury coordinator has documentation showing the person’s disqualification under subsection (b), the documentation may be forwarded to the coordinator of elections.
