T.C.A. § 2-5-208 Arrangement of Material On Ballots

• Library: Tennessee Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 488, and 2023EX1, ch. 4
• Year: 2023
• Citation: T.C.A. § 2-5-208

(a) The requirements of this section apply to all ballots.

(b) Immediately following the title of each office shall be printed the words "Vote for one (1)," "Vote for two (2)," according to the number to be elected.

(c)

(1) The order of the titles of the offices to be filled or for which nominees are to be chosen shall be substantially as follows:

(A) Presidential and vice presidential electors;

(B) Governor;

(C) United States senate;

(D) United States house of representatives;

(E) Tennessee senate;

(F) Tennessee house of representatives;

(G) Supreme court judge;

(H) Court of appeals judge;

(I) Court of criminal appeals judge;

(J) Circuit court judge;

(K) Chancellor;

(L) Criminal court judge;

(M) District attorney general;

(N) Public defender;

(O) County mayors, including popularly elected mayors of metropolitan county governments;

(P) County legislative offices, including members of the county legislative bodies;

(Q) Assessor of property;

(R) County trustee;

(S) General sessions judge;

(T) Juvenile court judge;

(U) Sheriff;

(V) Clerks of courts;

(W) County clerk;

(X) Register;

(Y) Elective county department offices, including road superintendents or commissioners, school boards and purchasing agents;

(Z) Municipal executive offices;

(AA) Municipal legislative offices;

(BB) Municipal judicial offices; and

(CC) Offices which do not fall into any classification listed in this subdivision (c)(1).

(2) If several offices to be filled are within a single classification, they shall be arranged in alphabetical order.

(3) If any judicial offices listed in subdivision (c)(1) are to be placed on the ballot as a yes/no retention question, the question shall be placed at the end of the ballot.

(d)

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or this title, on general election ballots, the name of each political party having nominees on the ballot shall be listed in the following order: majority party, minority party, and recognized minor party, if any. The names of the political party candidates shall be alphabetically listed underneath the appropriate column for the candidate's party. A column for independent candidates shall follow the recognized minor party, or if there is not a recognized minor party on the ballot, shall follow the minority party, with the listing of the candidates' names alphabetically underneath.

(2) On nonpartisan general election ballots and on the political party's primary ballot, the names of all candidates for the same office shall be arranged alphabetically according to the initials of their surnames, beginning with the first initial.