Tennessee § 2-6-501 - Voting or registering by mail outside United States or by armed forces — Envelopes.
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§ 2-6-501. Voting or registering by mail outside United States or by armed forces — Envelopes.
For persons voting absentee by mail or registering by mail from outside the territorial limits of the United States and for all armed forces personnel, there shall be printed across the face of each envelope in which a ballot or any registration material is to be sent the words “Official Election Balloting Material-Via Air Mail”, or similar language. Furthermore, there shall be printed the words “Free of United States Postage, Including Air Mail.” Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 2-606, 2-6-106; Acts 1994, ch. 859, § 6; 2008, ch. 928, § 13; 2011, ch. 176, § 1.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 2-6-501 ("Voting or registering by mail outside United States or by armed forces — Envelopes.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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