Tennessee § 2-20-101 - Utilization of precinct-based optical scanners.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 2-20-101 — Utilization of precinct-based optical scanners., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2-20-101. Utilization of precinct-based optical scanners.
A county election commission may utilize precinct-based optical scanners. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Precinct-based optical scanner” means an optical ballot scanner that is located in the precinct and into which optical scan voter-verified paper ballots, marked either by hand by the voter or with the assistance of a device, are inserted to count the voter verified paper ballot; “Top race” means the presidential race, if the presidential race is on the ballot, or the governor's race, if the governor's race is on the ballot; and “Voter-verified paper ballot” means a permanent, individual paper ballot that is marked either manually by the voter or with the assistance of a device and verified by the voter as correctly reflecting the voter's intent, before the voter's vote is counted by the precinct-based optical scanner. It is the intent of the general assembly that any county election commission utilizing a precinct-based optical scanner pursuant to this chapter shall comply in all respects with this chapter and federal law. Acts 2008, ch. 1108, § 3; 2010, ch. 612, §§ 2, 3; 2011, ch. 301, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2008, ch. 1108, § 1 provided that the act shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Voter Confidence Act.” Acts 2011, ch. 301, § 7 provided that nothing in the act, which rewrote this section, shall be construed as restricting or otherwise prohibiting the utilization of precinct-based optical scanners approved for use pursuant to title 2, chapter 9, and in use by a county election commission on May 27, 2011, or the replacement of such voting machines through lease or purchase with the approval of the state coordinator of elections.
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