Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-124

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Registration card

Official statutory text

(a) After determining that the registrant is entitled to register, the administrator of elections shall give or mail to each voter who is registered permanently a registration card which shall certify that the voter is registered. The voter shall sign the card in the presence of the administrator except for mail registrants or transferors. (b) The card shall be in substantially the following form on material on which any alteration of the card or of the voter's signature will be readily apparent: REGISTRATION CARD This is to certify that Mr. ______________ Mrs. ______________ Miss ______________ of ______________ voting precinct ____________________ ward ______________ City ____________________ County Tennessee, was duly registered on the ____________________ day of ______________, 20 ____________________. Residence ____________________ and is entitled to vote on and after ______________. ____________________ Administrator of Elections ____________________ Voter's Signature (c) On the reverse side of the card shall be printed the reasons for which the registration will be purged and how registration may be transferred to prevent purging. (d) Registered voters determined by the administrator of elections to be blind so as to qualify for assistance in voting as provided by § 2-7-116(b) shall be provided a permanent registration card, on the reverse side of which shall be printed the provisions for assistance available to such voters under § 2-7-116(b) . (e) Under no circumstances shall a social security number be printed on a voter registration card or used as an identifying number on a voter registration card. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1977, ch. 5, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-224; Acts 2001, ch. 413, § 3; 2008 , ch. 635, § 1.
(a) After determining that the registrant is entitled to register, the administrator of elections shall give or mail to each voter who is registered permanently a registration card which shall certify that the voter is registered. The voter shall sign the card in the presence of the administrator except for mail registrants or transferors.
(b) The card shall be in substantially the following form on material on which any alteration of the card or of the voter's signature will be readily apparent: REGISTRATION CARD This is to certify that Mr. ______________ Mrs. ______________ Miss ______________ of ______________ voting precinct ____________________ ward ______________ City ____________________ County Tennessee, was duly registered on the ____________________ day of ______________, 20 ____________________. Residence ____________________ and is entitled to vote on and after ______________. ____________________ Administrator of Elections ____________________ Voter's Signature
REGISTRATION CARD
This is to certify that Mr. ______________
Mrs. ______________
Miss ______________
of ______________ voting precinct ____________________ ward ______________ City ____________________ County Tennessee, was duly registered on the ____________________ day of ______________, 20 ____________________. Residence ____________________ and is entitled to vote on and after ______________.
____________________
Administrator of Elections
____________________
Voter's Signature
(c) On the reverse side of the card shall be printed the reasons for which the registration will be purged and how registration may be transferred to prevent purging.
(d) Registered voters determined by the administrator of elections to be blind so as to qualify for assistance in voting as provided by § 2-7-116(b) shall be provided a permanent registration card, on the reverse side of which shall be printed the provisions for assistance available to such voters under § 2-7-116(b) .
(e) Under no circumstances shall a social security number be printed on a voter registration card or used as an identifying number on a voter registration card.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1977, ch. 5, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-224; Acts 2001, ch. 413, § 3; 2008 , ch. 635, § 1.

Status: in_force

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