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Executive Orders

 Executive Orders are filed in the Division of Publications of the office of the Secretary of State.
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Executive Orders Governor Bill Lee
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1987–1994 Executive Orders Governor Ned McWherter
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1979–1987 Executive Orders Governor Lamar Alexander
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2011–2018 Executive Orders Governor Bill Haslam

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2003-2010 Executive Orders Governor Phil Bredesen
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Restore Voting Rights

Restoration of Voting Rights

This guide outlines conditions and procedures through which individuals who have lost their voting rights may regain them.
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Agencies and Businesses

Information for Agencies & Business

This guide outlines the information that businesses and government agency officials need to be aware of and how to interact with program participants.
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Who should I contact for questions about the content of an Executive Order?

While the Secretary of State’s office posts Executive Orders, we are unable to answer questions pertaining to their content.

For questions concerning information in an Executive Order, please contact the Governor’s office.

If I have a felony conviction, can I vote?

Article 4, §2 of the Tennessee Constitution provides that the Tennessee legislature may deny the right to vote to persons convicted of "infamous" crimes. Pursuant to this provision in the Tennessee Constitution, the Tennessee legislature has excluded individuals convicted of various felonies from the right of suffrage.

However, the legislature has also established conditions and procedures through which individuals who have lost their voting rights may regain them. The manner in which a person may restore a lost voting right depends upon the crime committed and the year in which the conviction occurred. If your conviction has been expunged, you should answer, ‘No,’ on the voter registration form when asked if you have a felony conviction.

Do private businesses have to accept a Safe at Home Participant's substitute address?

Private businesses are not required by statute to accept a Safe at Home Participant's substitute address. However, private companies or agencies are encouraged to make every effort to keep a participant’s information safe by accepting the substitute address whenever possible. If agency or business employees have questions about using the substitute address, they may contact the Safe at Home Program directly.

What information relating to a participant may be available to law enforcement or administrative agency officials?

As authorized by law, properly designated law enforcement agency officials and administrative agency officials may request disclosure of information relating to a program participant. T.C.A. § 40-38-609. What information may be available to law enforcement or administrative agency officials?

  • Properly designated law enforcement agency officials and administrative agency officials may request confirmation of program participation pertaining to a supposed program participant.
  • Properly designated law enforcement agency officials and administrative agency officials may request disclosure of information pertaining to a program participant, including the confidential address, subject to the discretion of the Secretary of State. Program Participants may be entitled to prior notice and appeal rights.
  • Disclosure of a participant’s confidential address, or any other information contained within a program participant’s file, shall be limited to ensure that the disclosure and dissemination of the confidential address will be no greater than necessary for the specific purpose for which it was requested.

 

Are participants able to be selected for jury duty?

Program Participants are not subject to selection for state or municipal jury duty. T.C.A. § 40-38-607.

Program participants should not appear on state or municipal jury selection lists. If a program participant is selected for jury service, the summoning court should excuse the program participant.

If a program participant receives a jury summons for either state or municipal jury duty, the Participant must notify the summoning court of the participant's exempt status and provide a copy of the Participant's Certificate of Program Participation, if requested.

Participants may not fail to respond to a jury summons.

How do participants vote?

Program Participants must vote by absentee ballot. T.C.A. § 40-38-607.

Program participant absentee ballots must be treated as confidential and must be processed confidentially by the Administrator of Elections. Program participants shall appear in the statewide official voter registration list only by the Participant Identification Number. 

When can the Substitute Address NOT be used?
  • When listing, appraising, or assessing property taxes;
  • When collecting property taxes;
  • On any document related to real property recorded with a county clerk or recorder.

 

When Can the Substitute Address be Used?
  • Whenever a program participant is required by law to swear to or affirm the participant’s address, the participant may use the participant’s substitute address. T.C.A. §§ 40-38-602, 606.
  • Wherever a program participant is required by law to establish residency, the participant may use the participant’s substitute address. T.C.A. §§ 40-38-602, 606.
  • The substitute address may be used for motor vehicle records and may be printed on a drivers license. T.C.A. § 40-38-602.
  • The substitute address may also be used as your official mailing address for all public utilities and public utility service providers. T.C.A. §§ 40-38-602, 606.
  • Participants may also request that private entities use the substitute address, although they are not required to do so.