Your Local Election Commissioners Are Important! If you didn't get information you need to vote, or if you need something in order to vote, contact your local election commissioner or your voter protection hotline(s).

How to Find Your Local Election Commissioners' Office: Visit this website, and then click on your county on the state map. It should give you your local election administrator's name, the office address, their  phone & fax numbers, email address, website, and the hours it is open. 

If You Were Convicted of a Felony in Tennessee, on or after May 18, 1981, You May still Be Able to Vote If:

1. Your conviction is expunged. For information on how to get your conviction expunged, visit this website. If your conviction is expunged, you are allowed to register and vote. When you register,  answer "no" when you are asked on the registration form if you have a felony conviction. 

2. You get a pardon for your conviction(s). For information about pardons  for a felony conviction in Tennessee & to apply for a pardon, visit this page. If your conviction is pardoned, you & an authorized person can fill out a certificate to restore your voting rights. Who is an "authorized person?" These are people like probation or parole officers, agents of the pardoning authority (the governor of the state where the felony was pardoned, or agents of the president if it's federal). 
3. Your full citizenship rights are restored. What does this mean? It means you can apply to get your voting rights back by filling out & submitting a petition to the circuit court of the county where you live or where you were convicted, you may get your rights back, including the right to vote. Visit this website for more information on how to do this.
4. NOTE: Unless your conviction is expunged, you need to fill out some papers to make sure you get the right to vote, back. Go to this website to get a  Certificate of Restoration of Voting Rights for you to officially have the right to vote. Make sure you fill out  a certificate for every felony conviction you have, whether they're in Tennessee, other states, or federal convictions. When you have filled in your certificate(s), you must submit them to your local county election office. If you don't know where that it, contact your state hotline or the national number for help.
5. Note: Certificates of Restoration & any documents that have to do with a pardon or restoration of full citizenship rights have to be submitted to your election commission at the same time, so make sure everything is together! To find your local election commission office, click on this link & then find your county. There should be a name, location, & phone numbers--that's where your Certificate of Restoration goes.