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| Date | Event | Citation | Election Month |
| 11/20/2009 | If a county will be holding a May primary, first day nominating petitions may be issued for May primary. | (TCA § 2-5-102(b)(5)) | May |
| 12/18/2009 | If the county executive committee of either political party or both desires to hold a primary election in May for nominating candidates for any office which will appear on the regular August county general election ballot, this is the last day the executive committee may direct the County Election Commission to do so. (The county primary would then be held on May 4.) | (TCA § 2-13-203(d)) | May |
| 1/1/2010 | First day the County Election Commission may receive requests for absentee by-mail ballots from armed forces personnel, their spouses, and qualified voters temporarily staying outside the territorial limits of the United States and District of Columbia. | TCA §§ 2-6-502(c) and (d)) | May, August, November |
| 1/1/2010 | First day nominating petitions for the August primary and county general election (if no primary held) may be issued. | (TCA § 2-5-102(b)(5)) | August |
| 1/19/2010 | To include notice of the February 4, 2010, filing of affidavits for Sheriffs and Road Superintendent, recommended day for the County Election Commission to publish a notice of the county political party primary elections, if held in May, for any offices which will appear on the regular August general election ballot. | (TCA § 2-12-111(a)) | May |
| 1/31/2010 | Last day for local elected officials and certain state officials to file the statement of interests with the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance. | (TCA § 8-50-501) | |
| 2/1/2010 | Year-end supplemental campaign financial disclosure statements due. | (TCA § 2-10-105(c)(1)) | May, August, November |
| 2/3/2010 | First day the County Election Commission Office may receive requests and or applications for absentee ballots to be voted by mail by persons other than armed forces, their spouses and overseas voters. | (TCA § 2-6-202(a)) | May |
| 2/3/2010 | First day prisoners may apply to vote by absentee ballot. | (Tate v.Collins, 1980) | May |
| 2/4/2010 | On or before this date, all candidates for the office of county road superintendent in a county holding a county primary in May must file their affidavits of qualification with the Tennessee Highway Officials Certification Board. | (TCA § 54-7-104) | May |
| 2/4/2010 | On or before this date, all candidates for the office of county sheriff in a county that will hold its county primary in May must file their affidavits of qualification with the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (P.O.S.T.). | (TCA § 8-8-102) | May |
| 2/8/2010 | On or before this date County Election Office must file with the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance & State Election Commission a county election information form, which includes name of offices, county or city election info, date of election, qualifying deadline & runoff info. | (TCA § 2-10-111) | May |
| 2/8/2010 | Last day for the County Election Commission to publish a notice of the county political party primary elections, if held in May, for any offices which will appear on the regular August general election ballot. | (TCA § 2-12-111(a)) | May |
| 2/18/2010 | By this day county primary boards should submit nominations to the County Election Commission of persons who may serve as election day officials, including precinct and assistant precinct registrars. | (TCA § 2-4-106(c)) | May |
| 2/18/2010 | No later than 12:00 NOON prevailing time, the names of candidates nominated by any political party by method other than primary election for any office for which a primary has been called must be certified by the county's party executive committee to the chairperson or Administrator of Elections of the County Election Commission. | (TCA § 2-5-101(e)) | May |
| 2/18/2010 | To qualify for a May primary election held in the county, political party candidates nominated by petition and independent candidates must file their nominating petitions with the Chairperson or Administrator of Elections of the County Election Commission on this day, no later than 12:00 NOON prevailing time. (Candidates for county offices for which no county primary has been called must file their petitions by NOON, April 1, 2010.) | (TCA § 2-5-101(a)(2)) | May |
| 2/18/2010 | County Election Commission Offices that will be holding a primary in May must be open until 4:00 p.m. | (TCA § 2-5-101(d)) | May |
| 2/25/2010 | Withdrawal deadline for candidates who must have qualified by February 18th. By 12:00 NOON prevailing time on this date, candidates wanting to remove their names from the ballot must file a written request over the candidates’ signature. | (TCA § 2-5-204(b)(1)) | May |
| 2/25/2010 | Immediately after this date and upon approval of the ballot from the Coordinator of Elections, absentee ballots may be printed for the May primary. | (TCA § 2-6-310(b) and 2-5-207(e)) | May |
| 3/2/2010 | To include notice of the March 18, 2010 filing of affidavits for Sheriffs and Road Superintendent, recommended day for the County Election Commission to publish a notice of the county general election, if a May primary has not been called, for any offices which will appear on the regular August general election ballot. | (TCA § 2-12-111(a)) | August |
| 3/15/2010 | No later than 12:00 NOON prevailing time on this date, a person who desires to have write-in votes counted in her or her name must file a certification of write-in candidacy in the appropriate jurisdictions. | (TCA § 2-8-113(c)) | May |
| 3/15/2010 | On this date or promptly thereafter, the county election commission must notify the Coordinator of Elections, the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, as well as all other candidates participating in the affected election of persons filing a certification of write-in candidacy. | (TCA § 2-8-113(c)) | May |
| 3/18/2010 | On or before this date, all candidates for the office of county road superintendent in a county that has not called for a county primary for this office must file their affidavits of qualification with the Tennessee Highway Officials Certification Board. | (TCA § 54-7-104) | August |
| 3/18/2010 | On or before this date, all candidates for the office of county sheriff in a county that has not called for a county primary for this office must file their affidavits of qualification with the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (P.O.S.T.). | (TCA § 8-8-102) | August |
| 3/20/2010 | Last day for candidates to file the statement of interests with the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance. | (TCA § 8-50-501(b)) | May |
| 3/20/2010 | First day the County Election Commission may appoint and send notices to election day officials selected to serve in the May primary. | (TCA § 2-4-102(a)(1)) | May |
| 3/20/2010 | On or about this date, the County Election Commission shall lock the absentee ballot boxes. Two election commissioners, one from each party, shall each separately place one lock on the ballot boxes and shall personally retain the keys for the locks. Each of the two commissioners of different parties shall attach numbered seals, and record the numbers of the seals on a certification document. Commissioners shall sign the ballot box certification document and create a duplicate copy. (The original document is mailed to the state coordinator of elections and the duplicate copy is retained by the county election office.) | (TCA § 2-6-311) | May |
| 3/20/2010 | By this date special write-in absentee ballots must be mailed to members of armed forces, their spouses, and citizens temporarily outside the United States. If prepared, the official absentee ballot may be used. | (TCA § 2-6-503) | May |
| 3/20/2010 | Last day to publish notice to voters with a disability and elderly voters in inaccessible precincts that they have the right to come to the County Election Commission Office to vote, either during the period established for early voting or on election day. The notice shall advise any voter with a disability who will be voting for the first time pursuant to this provision to provide the commission with written notice by April 24, 2010, of his her intention to vote at the commission office on election day. | (TCA §§ 2-3-109(e)(1) and (2)(A)) | May |
| 3/20/2010 | By this date the County Election Commission shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation within the county a notice of its office location, dates, and hours open, and telephone number. | (TCA § 2-2-114(a)) | May |
| 3/22/2010 | On or before this date County Election Office must file with the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance & State Election Commission a county election information form, which includes name of offices, county or city election info, date of election, qualifying deadline & runoff info. | (TCA § 2-10-111) | August |
| 3/22/2010 | Last day for County Election Commission to publish a notice of the August primary and the August general election for any county office for which a primary was not held. | (TCA § 2-12-111(a)) | August |
| 3/25/2010 | Last day to send a written request to each licensed nursing home, assisted care living facility, home for the aged, or similar licensed institution providing relatively permanent domiciliary care in the county for a list of all the individuals in the licensed institution for the limited purpose of voting. | (TCA § 2-6-601(b)) | May |
| 4/1/2010 | To qualify for federal and state offices, and for county offices for which a primary election was not held, all petitions must be filed no later than 12:00 NOON prevailing time on this date, in the appropriate County Election Commission Office(s) or the office of the Coordinator of Elections. Any duplicate petitions that may be required, as well as the originals, MUST also be filed by this deadline. | (TCA § 2-5-101(a)) | August, November |
| 4/1/2010 | The County Election Commission Office must be open until 4:00 p.m. this date. | (TCA § 2-5-101(d)) | August |
| 4/4/2010 | Absentee ballots for the May primary must be printed no later than this date. | (TCA § 2-6-310(b)) | May |
| 4/4/2010 | On or before this date, the County Election Commission must notify the chairpersons of the county executive committees of the political parties, independent candidates, and the press to inform them of when and where voting machines used for early voting will be examined pursuant to TCA § 2-9-105. Prior to the examination, voting machine technicians shall certify that the machines are in working order as required. After examination, the political parties and technicians shall certify the machines. | (Promulgated Rules 1360-2-13-.28 and 1360-2-15-.07) | May |
| 4/4/2010 | First day the school of instruction for election officials may be held. | (TCA § 2-4-108(a)) | May |
| 4/5/2010 | First day that the County Election Commission may send absentee deputies to licensed nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and homes for the aged to vote the registered voters therein. | (TCA § 2-6-601) | May |
| 4/5/2010 | Last day to register to vote in person at the local County Election Commission Office. | (TCA § 2-2-109) | May |
| 4/5/2010 | Voter registration forms postmarked this date must be processed. Any forms postmarked after this date shall be held and processed after the election. | (TCA § 2-2-109) | May |
| 4/5/2010 | Last day to notify candidates of the deadline date for filing 1st Quarter campaign disclosure reports. | (TCA § 2-10-105(c)(1)) | May, August, November |
| 4/7/2010 | A by-mail voter registration form lacking a postmark, but signed and dated on or before April 5, 2010, shall be timely filed if the election commission receives the form by mail by date. | (TCA § 2-2-109(a)) | May |
| 4/8/2010 | Withdrawal deadline for candidates who must have qualified by April 1st. By 12:00 NOON prevailing time on this date, candidates wanting to remove their names from the ballot must file a written request over the candidates’ signature. | (TCA § 2-5-204(b)(1)) | August |
| 4/8/2010 | Immediately after this date and upon approval of the ballot from the Coordinator of Elections, absentee ballots may be printed for the August general. | (TCA § 2-6-310(b) and 2-5-207(e)) | August |
| 4/9/2010 | Last day the County Election Commission may publish days and hours open for early voting by personal appearance. Notice shall include office location and telephone number. | (TCA § 2-6-103(c)) | May |
| 4/9/2010 | By this date the County Election Commission shall publish a sample ballot for the early voting period. Where voting machines are used, the sample ballot shall be the machine sample ballot. | (TCA § 2-5-211(b)) | May |
| 4/12/2010 | 1st Quarter campaign financial disclosure reports due. | | (TCA § 2-10-105(c)(1)) | May, August, November |
| 4/13/2010 | Last day prisoners may apply to vote by absentee ballot. | (Tate v. Collins, 1980) | May |
| 4/14/2010 | First day a registered voter may vote early by personal appearance. All counties must be open a minimum of three (3) consecutive hours each weekday, including Saturdays, during the period of April 14, 2010 to April 29, 2010. | (TCA §§ 2-6-102(a)(1) and 2-6-103(a)(1)) | May |
| 4/14/2010 | First day a hospitalized voter may request the services of an emergency registrar to vote an absentee ballot. Voters hospitalized this date, or until the time set for opening the polls on election day, may request to be voted by emergency registrars by calling the County Election Commission Office. | (TCA § 2-6-401(b)) | May |
| 4/15/2010 | Members of the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Governor’s cabinet must file statement of disclosure of interest no later than this date. | (TCA § 8-50-501) | |
| 4/19/2010 | First day the County Election Commission may appoint a hospital administrator as an emergency registrar for any person who is a patient in that hospital due to an emergency. | (TCA § 2-6-401(a)(2)) | May |
| 4/19/2010 | On or about this date, the County Election Commission must notify the county executive committee chairpersons for political parties, independent candidates, and the press when and where the voting machines will be examined before election day. Prior to the examination, voting machine technicians shall certify that the machines are in working order as required. After the examination, political parties and technicians shall certify machines. | (TCA § 2-9-105) | May |
| 4/19/2010 | By this date the County Election Commission shall set a uniform time for opening the polls for the May primary. | (TCA § 2-3-201(b)(1)) | May |
| 4/20/2010 | Last day to notify candidates when the deadline is for filing Pre-Primary campaign disclosure reports for May primary. | (TCA § 2-10-105(c)(1)) | May |
| 4/21/2010 | Last day to mail absentee ballots to prisoners. | (Tate v. Collins, 1980) | May |
| 4/24/2010 | First day the County Election Commission may publish a notice stating the day, time, and polling places of the May primary. Notice of counting board location must be placed in this public notice. The counting board location shall not be changed except in the event of an emergency. | (TCA §§ 2-12-111(c) & 2-6-302(a)(5)) | May |
| 4/24/2010 | Last day to receive notice from a voter with a disability and or an elderly voter in inaccessible precincts who will be voting for the first time pursuant to TCA § 2-3-109(e) that they intend to vote at the County Election Commission Office on election day. | (TCA § 2-3-109(e)(2)(A)) | May |
| 4/27/2010 | Last day a written request for an absentee ballot application may be received in the County Election Commission Office. | (TCA § 2-6-202(a)(1)) | May |
| 4/27/2010 | Last day an application for absentee ballot from a voter or a temporary registration and application from armed forces personnel, their spouses and overseas voters may be received in the County Election Commission Office. | (TCA § 2-6-502(c)) | May |
| 4/27/2010 | Last day an Administrator of Elections may process an application for absentee ballot. | (TCA § 2-6-202(d)(3)) | May |
| 4/27/2010 | Prisoners vote at penal facilities on this date. | (Tate v. Collins, 1980) | May |
| 4/27/2010 | Last day to receive a physician's statement to include the voter on the permanent absentee voting register and the last day to process such voter's application for ballot and mail this voter's ballot. | (TCA § 2-6-201(3)(A)) | May |
| 4/27/2010 | Pre-Primary campaign financial disclosure reports for May primary due. | (TCA § 2-10-105(c)(1)) | May |
| 4/29/2010 | First day for emergency voting due to death of a relative of a voter which would result in the voter's absence from the state or county on election day, or due to a voter receiving a subpoena or service of process which requires the voter's presence on election day. | (TCA § 2-6-401(c)) | May |
| 4/29/2010 | By this date the County Election Commission shall publish a sample ballot for election day. Where voting machines are used, the sample ballot shall be the machine sample ballot. | (TCA § 2-5-211(b)) | May |
| 4/29/2010 | Last day a voter may vote early by personal appearance. | (TCA § 2-6-102(a)(1)) | May |
| 4/29/2010 | Last day a voter who was rejected because of a deficient registration form may present the rejection notice at the commission office and be registered to vote. The County Election Commission shall notify the voter of this right at the time the commission sends the rejection notice. | (TCA § 2-2-109) | May |
| 4/30/2010 | No later than 12:00 NOON prevailing time this date, the candidates, political parties, and citizens' organizations shall submit to the County Election Commission lists of names of poll watchers to serve on election day. | (TCA § 2-7-104(a)) | May |
| 5/1/2010 | Earlier or by this date, notify candidates, political party chairpersons, and press when and where the voting machines are to be canvassed after the election. | (TCA § 2-8-104(b)) | May |
| 5/1/2010 | Last day the County Election Commission may publish a notice stating the day, time and polling places of the May primary. Notice of counting board locations must be placed in this public notice. The counting board location shall not be changed except in the event of an emergency. | (TCA §§ 2-12-111(c) & 2-6-302(a)(5)) | May |
| 5/1/2010 | Last day for candidates to file the statement of interests with the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance. | (TCA § 8-50-501(b)) | August |
| 5/3/2010 | Last day for emergency voting due to death of a relative of a voter which would result in the voter's absence from the state or county on election day, or due to a voter receiving a subpoena or service of process which requires the voter's presence on election day. | (TCA § 2-6-401(c)) | May |
| 5/3/2010 | Last day to conduct school of instruction for all officials appointed to serve at the precincts on election day. The election officials shall be instructed of their duties and procedures at the polling place. | (TCA § 2-4-108) | May |
| 5/3/2010 | An employee eligible to vote pursuant to TCA § 2-1-106 must notify his her employer by 12:00 NOON prevailing time on this date. | (TCA § 2-1-106) | May |
| 5/4/2010 | The central absentee ballot counting board shall convene no sooner than the opening of the polls but no later than 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, as specified by the County Election Commission. The election commission shall deliver the locked absentee ballot boxes and keys to the counting board, together with the poll books and other election materials of absentee voters. | (TCA § 2-6-303(a)(1)) | May |
| 5/4/2010 | The County Election Commission shall furnish each polling place with a certified copy of a complete alphabetical list of its absentee and early voters in the May primary, and the copy shall be displayed at the polling place throughout voting hours. | (TCA § 2-6-301(c)) | May |
| 5/4/2010 | The time set for the opening of the polls in the county is the latest time a hospitalized voter may request emergency registrars to assist him her in voting an absentee ballot in the hospital. | (TCA § 2-6-401(b)) | May |
| 5/4/2010 | All election officials serving at the polling places shall meet at their designated locations at least one-half (1 2) hour before the polls open. Officials who didn't attend instructional school or were appointed after the instructional school had been held shall be administered the oath of office required in TCA § 2-1-111. | (TCA § 2-7-105) | May |
| 5/4/2010 | The officer of elections shall deliver to the polling place the computer signature list containing the names and addresses of all eligible voters at the polling place, the paper ballots, sample ballots, voting machine keys, ballot boxes and keys, and all other election day supplies provided by the County Election Commission. | (TCA § 2-7-107) | May |
| 5/4/2010 | ELECTION DAY (County primaries for political parties) | (TCA § 2-13-203) | May |
| 5/5/2010 | As soon as possible after the election, the County Election Commission or such persons as it may designate shall, in the presence of any interested candidates, their representatives, party representatives, and press, open each voting machine and compare the votes shown with the tally sheets prepared at the polling place. | (TCA § 2-8-104(a)) | May |
| 5/5/2010 | Within twenty-four (24) hours after the close of the polls or as soon as possible thereafter, the voting machine technicians shall cause the voting machines to be moved to their proper storage areas provided under TCA § 2-9-104. | (TCA § 2-9-107) | May |
| 5/6/2010 | Unless an extension has been granted by the Coordinator of Elections, the counting of provisional ballots must be completed. | (TCA § 2-7-112(a)(3)(C)(i)) | May |
| 5/7/2010 | First day the County Election Commission Office may receive requests and or applications for absentee ballots to be voted by mail by persons other than armed forces, their spouses, and overseas voters. | (TCA § 2-6-202(a)) | August |
| 5/7/2010 | First day prisoners may apply to vote by absentee ballot. | (Tate v. Collins, 1980) | August |
| 5/7/2010 | On or before this date the County Election Commission shall purge the permanent registration records of those persons whose registrations are required to be purged. | (TCA § 2-2-132) | August |
| 5/7/2010 | May 7, 2010 is the first day a voter may request an absentee ballot for the August 5, 2010 State Primary election. All ballots must be received by the close of the polls on election day. | (TCA § 2-6-202(a)) | August |
| 5/14/2010 | All voting machines must remain locked against voting at least through this date. | (TCA § 2-9-108) | May |
| 5/20/2010 | On or before this date, the Coordinator of Elections shall publicly examine the returns and declare who has been nominated for office in the May primary. | (TCA § 2-8-113) | May |
| 5/21/2010 | First day nominating petitions may be issued for the November general election (applies to non-primary). | (TCA § 2-5-102(b)(5)) | November |
| 5/22/2010 | By this day county primary boards should submit nominations to the County Election Commission of persons who may serve as election day officials, including precinct and assistant precinct registrars. | (TCA § 2-4-106(c)) | August |
| 5/24/2010 | On or before this date, the County Election Commission must meet and certify results of the May primary as shown on the returns, after the returns have been compared to the voting machines as required under TCA §2-8-104. (No paper or absentee ballots may be recounted.) | (TCA § 2-8-101) | May |
| 5/29/2010 | If certification is May 24, 2010, this is the last day that a candidate in the county primary may file a contest of election with the state primary board of the candidate’s party. | (TCA § 2-17-104) | May |
| 6/1/2010 | Six-month report for December 1 through May 31 due in office of the Coordinator of Elections. | (TCA § 2-12-114) | Bi-Annual |
| 6/16/2010 | No later than 12:00 NOON prevailing time on this date, a person who desires to have write-in votes counted in his or her name must file a certification of write-in candidacy in the appropriate jurisdictions. | (TCA §§ 2-7-133(i) and 2-8-113(c)) | August |
| 6/16/2010 | On this date or promptly thereafter, the county election commission must notify the Coordinator of Elections, the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, as well as all other candidates participating in the affected election of persons filing a certification of write-in candidacy. | (TCA § 2-8-113(c)) | August |
| 6/18/2010 | On or before this date, computerized counties shall forward to the Secretary of State a printed list of the names of all persons (or a CD ROM) who voted in the May county primary election and shall deposit a copy of the list with the office of the county clerk. | (TCA § 2-8-107(b)) | May |
| 6/18/2010 | By this date the chairperson of the County Election Commission shall certify the results of the absentee voting in the May primary to the state Coordinator of Elections. | (TCA § 2-6-304(f)) | May |
