Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1360 - Department of State
Subtitle 1360-02 - Elections
Chapter 1360-02-15 - Procedures for Early Voting on Mechanical Lever Machines
Section 1360-02-15-.05 - PROCEDURES WHEN ALL THE RACES ARE ON MACHINE BALLOT

(1) When the voter completes his or her early voting application, the registrar shall compare the signature of the voter with the signature on the voter's permanent registration record or other evidence of identification if computerized duplicate registration records are used, and shall endorse on the application that the two signatures are, or are not, the same.

(2) Any voter desiring to cast a write-in vote may request a paper ballot in order to write-in the name. This request must be made before operating a voting machine, and a voter after receiving a paper ballot may not enter a voting machine. For voters desiring to cast a write-in ballot, the procedures outlined in T.C.A. §§ 2-7-114 and 2-7-117 shall apply.

(3) If no write-in ballot is requested, the election official will complete and tear off the machine application on the bottom of the early voting application and hand it to the voter. The back of the voter's permanent registration record or the computer signature list will be marked recording his or her vote. The registrar shall write the name of the voter on the poll list. The voter shall give the machine application to the election official in charge of the voting machine. The election official shall initial the machine application and place it on the top of the application binder for that machine, set the machine for the correct elections, and set the officer's control. The voter shall vote in secret unless he or she needs assistance. Should the voter require assistance due to a physical disability or illiteracy, the procedures in T.C.A. § 2-7-116 shall govern the rendering of that assistance.