2021 Tennessee Code
Title 2 - Elections
Chapter 13 - Political Parties and Primaries

Part 1 - Political Party Organization

§ 2-13-101. Chapter Definitions - In this chapter, “political party” and “party” mean “statewide political...

§ 2-13-104. Party Membership Requirements for Candidates - All candidates for state executive committee membership and for membership...

§ 2-13-105. Vacancies on State Executive Committee - Each state executive committee may, by vote of its members,...

§ 2-13-106. State Primary Board — Operating Provisions - When acting as the state primary board of its party,...

§ 2-13-109. Political Party Membership Requirement for County Primary Boards - Members of the county primary boards shall be bona fide...

§ 2-13-111. Organization of County Primary Boards - The county primary boards shall organize within ten (10) days...

§ 2-13-112. Vacancies on County Primary Board - Each county primary board shall immediately notify its state primary...

§ 2-13-113. Information Furnished Primary Boards - The state and county election commissions shall furnish to the...

§ 2-13-115. Exemption for Honorably Discharged Veterans Running for Political Office - A person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the...

Part 2 - Selection of Candidates

§ 2-13-201. Conditions for Name Being Shown on Ballot - No person's name may be shown on a ballot as...

§ 2-13-202. Offices for Which Candidates Are Chosen in Primary Elections - Statewide political parties shall nominate their candidates for the following...

§ 2-13-203. Methods of Nomination for Other Offices - We , and , officers of the Party certify under...

§ 2-13-205. Presidential Preference Primaries — Date of Election — Failure to Have Candidate's Name on Ballot - On the first Tuesday in March before presidential electors are...

§ 2-13-206. County Primary Elections in Metropolitan Form of Government — Costs - All counties in the state which have a metropolitan form...

§ 2-13-207. Filing Fees for Such Elections - The city council of any such metropolitan government may set...

Part 3 - Presidential Preference Primary and Convention Delegates

§ 2-13-301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 2-13-302. Election of Delegates to National Convention - On the date established in § 2-13-205 in 2004, and...

§ 2-13-306. Nominating Petitions — Form - Nominating petitions shall be in substantially the following form and...

§ 2-13-307. Declaration of Candidacy - I (candidate's name) declare that I reside in County and...

§ 2-13-308. Indication of Commitment - At the time the declaration of candidacy is filed as...

§ 2-13-311. Order of Names on Ballot - The names of the candidates for president and delegate-candidate shall...

§ 2-13-312. Number of Votes - Each voter of the political parties shall cast one (1)...

§ 2-13-313. Allocation of Elected Delegates - Delegates elected from a congressional district shall be allocated among...

§ 2-13-315. Certification of Political Party's Delegates - The delegate-candidate, or delegate-candidates, according to the number allocated for...

§ 2-13-316. Vacancies in Delegation - Vacancies in the delegation to the national nominating convention of...

§ 2-13-317. Binding Effect of Presidential Primary - The results of the preferential presidential primary shall be binding...

§ 2-13-318. Legislative Intent - It is the intent of this part that delegate selection...

§ 2-13-319. Conduct of Elections - The elections shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions...

§ 2-13-320. Election to Fill Vacancies in County Legislative Body — Date - All other laws notwithstanding, any county which shall have a...