(a) The coordinator of elections and the administrator of elections shall keep a program participant‘s voter registration record confidential.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-38-607

  • Administrator of elections: means the chief county election administrative officer appointed by the county election commission and such official's designee or designees. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • Coordinator of elections: means the official appointed by the secretary of state in accordance with §. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • participant: means a person who is certified by the secretary of state as a program participant and who is an applicant, co-applicant, the child of an applicant or co-applicant, or a person with a disability for whom an applicant or co-applicant serves as a fiduciary. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Process: means judicial process and all orders, demands, notices, or other papers required or permitted by law to be served on a program participant. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • program: means the program created under this part to protect the confidentiality of the confidential address of a relocated victim of domestic abuse, stalking, human trafficking, rape, sexual battery, or any other sexual offense. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The form shall be stored in a secure manner and the coordinator of elections and administrator of elections shall have access to the form and to the residence address contained in the form.
(c) The coordinator of elections and administrator of elections shall record the program participant’s program participant identification number in a separate voter registration database with the participant’s name, residence address, and precinct. This list shall be confidential. Only the participant identification number shall be included in the statewide official voter registration list, which contains all active and inactive voters.
(d) The coordinator of elections and administrator of elections shall, as appropriate, direct that the program participant’s name, address, and precinct information, as well as any other contact information, be removed from the program participant’s voter registration record, voter registration databases, and the official registration list, as well as any pollbook, poll list, or signature pollbook in which it appears and from any publicly available registration list in which it appears.
(e) If the program participant is registered to vote in another state, the coordinator of elections or administrator of elections shall notify the appropriate authority in that state to cancel the program participant’s voter registration.
(f) The coordinator of elections shall inform the program participant:

(1) That the program participant is being placed on the absentee list pursuant to § 40-38-602;
(2) That if the program participant wishes to vote in an election and keep their residence address confidential, the program participant shall cast an absentee ballot by mail;
(3) Of the procedure for the program participant to cast an absentee ballot;
(4) That appearing in person will reveal the program participant’s precinct and residence address to precinct election officials and employees of the election commission and may reveal the program participant’s precinct or residence address to members of the public; and
(5) That if the program participant appears in person, the individual must cast a provisional ballot.
(g) If the program participant submits an absentee ballot, such ballot shall be processed by the administrator of elections in order to ensure the highest level of confidentiality and protection of the voting process.
(h) All applicable voter registration and absentee deadlines shall apply. The coordinator of elections may establish procedures for the submission and processing of absentee ballots for such participants in accordance with this part and other applicable law.
(i) Program participants will be exempt from selection for state and municipal jury duty.
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