2-7-129 - Unused paper ballots Disposal.
2-7-129. Unused paper ballots Disposal.
Immediately after the polls close and before any ballot box or voting machine is opened to count votes, the judges shall tear all unused paper ballots in half without tearing off the numbered stubs. The portion without the stubs may then be discarded, and the portion with the stubs shall be preserved.
[Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-729.]