2-6-204 - Rejected applications and ballots. - Tennessee Statutes

2-6-204. Rejected applications and ballots.

(a)  (1)  If a voter fails to provide required information on an absentee voting by mail application, the registrar shall mark the application “Rejected” and return it to the voter immediately by mail with a red circle marked around the space provided for the required information. The voter may then return the same application after supplying the required information.

     (2)  If a voter refuses to provide required information on any absentee voting application, the registrar shall mark the application “Rejected” and write the reason for rejection on the application. Notice of rejection shall immediately be given in writing to the applicant.

     (3)  If the registrar determines that an applicant is ineligible to vote absentee, the registrar shall mark the application “Rejected” and write the reason for rejection on the application. Notice of rejection shall immediately be given in writing to the applicant.

(b)  If upon receipt of any absentee ballot the registrar determines that the ballot is not entitled to be cast under this title, the registrar shall mark the absentee ballot envelope “Rejected,” write the reason for the rejection on the envelope, and sign it. The absentee ballot envelope, unopened, shall be placed in a container of rejected absentee ballots for the election. Notice of the rejection shall immediately be given in writing to the voter.

[Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 2-614, 2-6-114; Acts 1994, ch. 859, § 2.]