Tennessee § 2-3-306 - Voting period for convenient voting centers.
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§ 2-3-306. Voting period for convenient voting centers.
Convenient voting centers shall be open for voting for a minimum of ten (10) continuous hours but no more than thirteen (13) hours. All convenient voting centers in the eastern time zone shall close at eight o'clock p.m. (8:00 p.m.), prevailing time, and convenient voting centers in the central time zone shall close at seven o'clock p.m. (7:00 p.m.) prevailing time. At least fifteen (15) days before the date of each election, the county election commission shall determine a uniform time for the opening of all convenient voting centers. Acts 2016, ch. 768, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Former part 3, §§ 2-3-301 — 2-3-308 (Acts 2008, ch. 1087, § 1; 2011, ch. 455, §§ 1-5; 2013, ch. 236, § 65), concerning municipalities willing to participate in the convenient voting centers pilot project, was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2016, ch. 768, § 1, effective January 1, 2017. Effective Dates. Acts 2016, ch. 768, § 2. January 1, 2017.
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