Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-57-209: Inspectors

(a) A corporation with members may appoint one (1) or more inspectors to act at a meeting of members and make a report in the form of a document of the inspectors' determinations. Each inspector shall execute the duties of inspector impartially and according to the best of the inspector's ability. (b) The inspectors shall: (1) Ascertain the number of members and their voting power; (2) Determine the members present at a meeting; (3) Determine the validity of proxies and ballots; (4) Count all votes; and (5) Determine the result. (c) An inspector may, but need not, be a director, member, officer, or employee of the membership corporation. A person who is a candidate for office to be filled at the meeting shall not be an inspector. Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 899,s 28, eff. 1/1/2015.

(a) A corporation with members may appoint one (1) or more inspectors to act at a meeting of members and make a report in the form of a document of the inspectors' determinations. Each inspector shall execute the duties of inspector impartially and according to the best of the inspector's ability.

(b) The inspectors shall: (1) Ascertain the number of members and their voting power; (2) Determine the members present at a meeting; (3) Determine the validity of proxies and ballots; (4) Count all votes; and (5) Determine the result.

(1) Ascertain the number of members and their voting power;

(2) Determine the members present at a meeting;

(3) Determine the validity of proxies and ballots;

(4) Count all votes; and

(5) Determine the result.

(c) An inspector may, but need not, be a director, member, officer, or employee of the membership corporation. A person who is a candidate for office to be filled at the meeting shall not be an inspector.