Tennessee § 2-18-104 - Examination of election returns.
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§ 2-18-104. Examination of election returns.
When the joint assembly has convened, the speaker of the senate shall, in the presence of the assembled members, open the returns of the election for governor. They shall be opened by counties in alphabetical order. As the returns of a county are opened, they shall be handed to the tellers who shall make a list of the votes. Any member may inspect the returns while they are in the tellers' hands. The returns shall then be handed back to the speaker of the senate, who shall read them to the assembled members. As the returns from each county are read, the speaker shall call for objections by claimants of the office of governor other than the candidate who prevails on the face of the returns. Upon objection to any county's returns, the vote of that county shall not then be counted, but the returns shall, with the objections, be delivered to the speaker for safekeeping, and they shall not be further considered until all the counties have been disposed of in like manner. If no objections are made, the vote of the county under consideration shall be counted and shall be final except for objections permitted under § 2-18-106. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1804.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 2-18-104 ("Examination of election returns.") 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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