Tennessee § 2-6-305 - Election laws applicable.
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§ 2-6-305. Election laws applicable.
The provisions of chapter 7 of this title with respect to challenge and poll watchers apply to the central absentee ballot counting board. A poll watcher may not leave and reenter the absentee ballot counting after the challenge process has been completed and the counting board begins to count the votes without the permission of the administrator of elections or the administrator's designee. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 2-619, 2-6-119; Acts 1994, ch. 859, § 2. Compiler's Notes. References to the county “registrar-at-large” and “deputy registrar” have been changed to “administrator of elections” and “deputy”, respectively, pursuant to Acts 1997, ch. 558, §§ 21 and 22.
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