Bill > HB2304

This bill amends Tennessee election law by repealing provisions related to "convenience voting," which likely refers to broader or more flexible early voting options, and establishes new, specific requirements for "satellite voting locations" during the early voting period. These satellite locations, which are additional places where voters can cast their ballots before Election Day, must be geographically situated to serve no more than four precincts and be evenly distributed for accessibility. They will use secure, watermarked paper ballots that are hand-marked, and voters will have a separate check-in process based on their precinct to receive the correct ballot. Crucially, ballots will be scanned or secured in boxes by individual precinct only, preventing ballots from different precincts from being mixed. The state's coordinator of elections will create rules for these locations, including the use of precinct-specific scanners or secure ballot boxes and procedures for returning equipment at the end of early voting. The bill also clarifies that voting at a satellite location ends with the early voting period, and on Election Day itself, voters must cast their ballot in their designated residential precinct.

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https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2304&ga=114