Election Laws - As introduced, requires a voter to designate on the voter registration record a political party with which the voter is affiliated in order to vote in primary elections for such political party. - Amends TCA Title 2.

SB 831 requires Tennessee voters to specify a political party affiliation (or choose "Unaffiliated") on their voter registration record to participate in that party's primary election. Voters who do not indicate an affiliation at registration will automatically be recorded as "Unaffiliated." For the first primary election after the law takes effect on July 1, 2025, voters without an affiliation can declare their party preference at the polls, and the county election commission will record this in their permanent registration. This change updates voter registration procedures to mandate party affiliation for primary voting, with the option to declare at the polls for first-time primary voters.