§ 2-3-101 Polling places – Designation – Relocation
§ 2-3-102 Precincts – Establishment, consolidation, or change of boundaries
§ 2-3-103 Maximum size of precincts
§ 2-3-104 Ratio of number of voters to voting machines
§ 2-3-105 Publication of changes in precinct boundaries – Notice to affected voters and comptroller of the treasury
§ 2-3-106 Description of boundaries – Filing and recordation – Availability to general assembly
§ 2-3-107 Polling places – Physical requirements – Use of public buildings – Rentals for private buildings
§ 2-3-108 Polling places – Tables and chairs for officials – Voting compartments – Supplies
§ 2-3-109 Voters with disabilities and elderly voters
§ 2-3-110 Procedures when emergency necessitates change to polling place location within 10 days of election day

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 2 > Chapter 3 > Part 1 - Polling Places

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
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  • Board: means the mayor and the aldermen. See Tennessee Code 6-1-101
  • City: means any city or territory to be incorporated that may adopt chapters 30-36 of this title. See Tennessee Code 6-30-102
  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • emergency: means an occurrence, or threat thereof, whether natural, technological, or manmade, in war or in peace, that results in a polling place being unavailable or unsuitable for voting. See Tennessee Code 2-3-110
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
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  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
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  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
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  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105