Tennessee § 2-15-101 - Selection of presidential electors.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 2-15-101 — Selection of presidential electors., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2-15-101. Selection of presidential electors.
At the regular November election immediately preceding the time fixed by the law of the United States for the choice of president and vice president, as many electors of president and vice president as this state may be entitled to shall be elected. Each registered voter in this state may vote for the whole number of electors. The persons, up to the number required to be chosen, having the highest number of votes shall be declared to be duly chosen electors. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1501. Cross-References. Presidential convention delegates and presidential preference primary, see §§ 2-13-205 , and title 2, ch. 13, part 3. Collateral References. Challenges to Presidential Electoral College and Electors, 20 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 183.
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