Tennessee § 2-8-104 - Comparing votes from tally tapes to tabulated election results.
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§ 2-8-104. Comparing votes from tally tapes to tabulated election results.
The commission, or such persons as it may designate, shall, as soon as possible after the election, compare the votes from the tally tapes of all appropriate sources to the tabulated election results. All candidates, their representatives, representatives of the political parties, and representatives of the press may be present during this process and shall be given ample opportunity to examine the tabulations. The commission shall create a written report of any revisions of any vote totals in such election. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-804; Acts 2012, ch. 1101, § 7.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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