Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes the county election commission to designate restroom facilities in each building in which the election is held that are for the use of workers or volunteers working for a campaign with certain limitations on access. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1050
Summary
The bill lets each county’s election commission choose which restrooms in a polling‑place building may be used by campaign workers and volunteers. Those staff may use the designated restrooms but cannot enter the actual voting area, and must hide any campaign‑related clothing or items before entering the polling‑place boundary. Violations could be punished under existing election‑law penalties.
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