**[Requirements for Serving as a Pollworker]{.underline}**

**[Mississippi]{.underline}**

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| **[State Registration Requirement]{.underline}**                      |
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| **[(Exceptions may be found in Student Election Assistant             |
| category)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| Must be a qualified elector                                           |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-231(Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years of age or older.                                             |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-11(Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| State, county, city or town resident for 30 days.                     |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-11(Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| County.                                                               |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-231 (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| **[Affiliation with Political Party Requirement]{.underline}**        |
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| **[and Process for Nomination as Poll Worker]{.underline}**           |
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| Affiliation Not Required in general and special elections. Required   |
| in primaries.                                                         |
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| In primary elections the county party executive committee appoints    |
| the poll managers and designates one of the managers to be the        |
| bailiff and one of the managers to be the receiving and returning     |
| manager.                                                              |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. §§ 23-15-263; 23-15-231; 23-15-251(Thomson/West      |
| 2006).*                                                               |
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| In general and special elections the county elections commission      |
| appoints the poll managers and designates the roles. The manager      |
| designates an initialing and alternate initialing manager.            |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. §§ 23-15-231; 23-15-251; 23-15-541 (Thomson/West     |
| 2006).*                                                               |
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| Managers of general or special elections cannot all be of the same    |
| political part if suitable persons of different political parties can |
| be found.                                                             |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-231 (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| In primary elections, managers and clerks may all be members of the   |
| same political party.                                                 |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-265 (1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| Poll managers paid \$50 for an election or, after approval by the     |
| County's Board of Supervisors or City Council, up to a maximum of     |
| \$100 per day. A Manager who is designated to be the Receiving and    |
| Returning Manager is entitled to an additional \$15 for carrying the  |
| boxes to the polling place and another \$15 for returning the boxes)  |
| after the election.                                                   |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-227 (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| Not less than forty-two days prior to each election, training         |
| sessions shall be conducted. No manager shall serve in any election   |
| unless he has received such instructions once during the 12 months    |
| immediately preceding the date upon which such election is held. The  |
| county executive committee or the commissioners of election, as       |
| appropriate, shall train a sufficient number of alternates to serve   |
| in the event a manager is unable to serve for any reason.             |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-239(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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| Compensation, for up to 2 hours of time, shall not be less than       |
| federal minimum wage and no more than 10.00 per hour.                 |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-239(3) (Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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| At least forty-two days before each election, the officials in charge |
| of the elections shall appoint one or more persons to instruct the    |
| managers and in the use of the machine and issue certificates of      |
| qualification. No manager or clerk shall serve in any election at     |
| which a voting machine is used, unless he shall have received such    |
| instruction and has received a certificate to that effect.            |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-417 (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| Oath required.                                                        |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. 23-15-237 (Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[The Effect of Felon Status on Participation]{.underline}**         |
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| Prohibited if convicted of disqualifying crimes, which include:       |
| bribery, burglary, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false |
| pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or bigamy.                   |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-19; Miss. Const. Art. 12, § 241              |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| Note: [Constitutional Amendment to Miss. Const. Art. 12, § 241        |
| proposed]{.underline}:                                                |
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| "However, a person convicted of a crime under this section that does  |
| not involve sex or                                                    |
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| violence, shall be declared a qualified elector upon completion of    |
| his sentence if the person is otherwise a qualified elector under     |
| this section. For the purpose of this section a \'nonviolent crime\'  |
| is a crime in which no person was physically injured or physical      |
| injury was not attempted or death did not occur."                     |
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| *2006 MS H.C.R. 46 (NS) (Thomson/West 2006).*                         |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| Prohibited if insane or an idiot.                                     |
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| *Miss. Const. Ann. Art. 12, § 241(Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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| **[English Fluency and Literacy Requirement]{.underline}**            |
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| No Information Available                                              |
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| **[Good Reputation Requirement]{.underline}**                         |
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| No Information Available                                              |
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| **[Alternative Positions with Different Requirements]{.underline}**   |
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| No Information Available                                              |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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| · At least 16 years old at the time of election; · resident of county |
| or municipality for which the appointment is made;                    |
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| · be enrolled in a public high school, an accredited private high     |
| school or a legitimate home instruction program and be classified as  |
| a junior or senior or its equivalent, or                              |
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| · be enrolled in a junior college or a college or university;         |
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| · Not more than two student interns per precinct can be appointed;    |
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| · Must be recommended by principal or other school official, or the   |
| person responsible for home instruction;                              |
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| · Student interns shall be under the supervision of the managers and  |
| clerks of the election; and                                           |
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| · Must attend all required training for managers and clerks           |
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| *Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-240 (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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