Tennessee § 2-2-126 - Keeping of original and duplicate registration records.
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§ 2-2-126. Keeping of original and duplicate registration records.
Once the person is registered, the administrator of elections shall file the original permanent registration record alphabetically in the master file of all the registered voters in the county. The coordinator of elections shall devise a method to be followed for the filing and preservation of postal card registrations and computerized duplicate registration records in any county utilizing a computerized voter registration system. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1975, ch. 308, § 7; T.C.A., § 2-226; Acts 1984, ch. 935, §§ 2, 6; 1989, ch. 590, § 2; 2008, ch. 928, § 3. 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. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 10 Tenn. Juris., Elections, § 6.
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