Tennessee Code Title 6. Cities and Towns § 6-1-204

(a) All registered voters of the municipality or of the territory of the proposed municipality are eligible to vote in the election.

(b) The county election commission shall determine and declare the result of the election and shall certify the result in accordance with § 2-8-105(3) within forty-eight (48) hours after the election. It shall publish the results in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or territory and, if the municipality is already incorporated, shall file the results with the legislative body of the municipality at its first meeting after the certification. The results shall be entered at large on the minutes of the body with which it is filed.

(c) In any election held by municipalities incorporated under this charter, registered voters of the municipality may vote in accordance with this subsection (c). Upon adoption of a resolution approved by a two-thirds ( 2/3 ) vote of the board of commissioners of any municipality incorporated under this charter that has a population of not less than seven thousand seven hundred ten (7,710) nor more than seven thousand seven hundred twenty (7,720), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, registered voters who own real property located in the municipality shall be entitled to vote in all municipal elections and municipal referenda held in the municipality.Section 2-2-107(a)(3) shall apply to the property rights voting within the municipality. The approval or nonapproval of the resolution shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the board and certified by the presiding officer to the secretary of state.