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MS Code § 23-15-163 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Statewide Centralized Voter System|§ 23-15-163. Purpose of subarticle

 The purposes of this subarticle are:   To establish a centralized statewide qualified voter file that consists of all qualified electors who are registered to vote;   To enhance the uniformity of the administration of elections by creating and maintaining a centralized statewide file of qualified voters;   To increase the efficiency and decrease the cost of maintaining voter registration records and implementing the National Voter Registration Act of 1993;   To increase the integrity of the voting process by compiling a single centralized qualified voter file from county voter roll data that will permit the name of each citizen of this state to appear only once;   To apply technology and information gathered by principal executive departments of state government, state agencies and local voter registrars in a manner that ensures that accurate and current records of qualified voters are maintained and to secure cooperation among all state and county entities to develop systems and processes that are interfaced with the Statewide Elections Management System; and   To enable the state to receive federal funds which may be available to carry out provisions of this subarticle.
MS Code § 23-15-169 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Compliance with Help America Vote Act of 2002|§ 23-15-169. Secretary of State to establish administrative complaint procedure for handling grievances

 The Secretary of State shall, by rule and regulation, establish an administrative complaint procedure for handling grievances in accordance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
MS Code § 23-15-169.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Compliance with Help America Vote Act of 2002|§ 23-15-169.1. Secretary of State and Commissioner of Public Safety to enter agreement granting access to driver's license and identification cardholder databases for purpose of matching information in Statewide Elections Management System

 The Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Public Safety shall enter into an agreement to grant the Secretary of State's Office "read only" access to the driver's license database and identification cardholder database for the purpose of matching information in the database of the Statewide Elections Management System created in Section 23-15-163 et seq. to the extent required to enable the Secretary of State to verify the accuracy of information provided on applications for voter registration in compliance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
MS Code § 23-15-169.2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Compliance with Help America Vote Act of 2002|§ 23-15-169.2. Commissioner of Public Safety to enter agreement with Commissioner of Social Security to verify accuracy of information provided with respect to applications for voter registration

 The Commissioner of Public Safety shall enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Social Security under Section 205 (r) (8) of the Social Security Act in accordance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to verify the accuracy of applicable information provided by the Commissioner of Public Safety with respect to applications for voter registration.
MS Code § 23-15-169.3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Compliance with Help America Vote Act of 2002|§ 23-15-169.3. Secretary of State authorized to accept and expend federal funds under Help America Vote Act of 2002; eligibility for federal funds of counties purchasing voting systems that comply with Act

  The Secretary of State shall have the authority to accept federal funds authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and to meet all the requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 in order to expend the funds.   Counties that purchase or have purchased since January 1, 2001, voting systems that comply with the requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 shall be eligible for federal funds accepted by the Secretary of State for Help America Vote Act of 2002 compliance efforts. The only restriction that the Secretary of State may place on the expenditure of federal funds for the purchase of voting systems is that the systems comply with the criteria and rules established in the Help America Vote Act of 2002 for voting systems.   Counties may purchase voting systems under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) if:   The system selected is HAVA compliant as determined by the rules promulgated to effectuate the Help America Vote Act of 2002 in this state; and   The County Board of Supervisors spreads upon its minutes a certification of the following:   The county determined it is in its best interest to opt out of any statewide bulk purchase to be effectuated by the Secretary of State pursuant to his duties under HAVA;   The voting system selected by the county meets all of the foregoing requirements under HAVA;   The county understands and accepts any and all liability for said system; and   The county is solely responsible for the purchase of said system.    Upon meeting the foregoing requirements, a county shall be reimbursed for its costs for said system from the HAVA funds for this purpose; however, the county shall be limited in its reimbursement to an amount to be determined by the Secretary of State based upon an objective formula implemented for the statewide, bulk purchase of said voting systems. Any costs over and above the set formula described herein shall be the sole responsibility of the county.    In addition to other information required by paragraph (b) of this subsection, any county that purchases voting systems after June 6, 2005 shall spread upon its minutes certification of the following:   All voting systems within the county are the same, except those machines that are handicap accessible as required by HAVA; and   The voting systems have a device or mechanism that allows any votes cast to be verified by paper audit trail.
MS Code § 23-15-169.4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Compliance with Help America Vote Act of 2002|§ 23-15-169.4. Information to be provided to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters regarding voter registration and absentee ballot procedures

 The Secretary of State shall be responsible for providing to all absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters who wish to vote or register to vote in this state information required by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 regarding voter registration procedures and absentee ballot procedures to be used by absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters with respect to elections, including procedures relating to the use of the federal write-in absentee ballot.
MS Code § 23-15-169.5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Compliance with Help America Vote Act of 2002|§ 23-15-169.5. Rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of State

 The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 in this state.
MS Code § 23-15-169.7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Compliance with Help America Vote Act of 2002|§ 23-15-169.7. "Help Mississippi Vote Fund" created; use of money in fund; funding of Office of Secretary of State expenses; deposit of user charges and fees authorized under this section into State General Fund and use of monies so deposited

  There is created in the State Treasury a special fund, to be designated the "Help Mississippi Vote Fund" to the credit of the Secretary of State, which shall be comprised of the monies required to be deposited into the fund under Section 7-3-59, and any other funds that may be made available for the fund by the Legislature.   Monies in the fund shall be expended by the Secretary of State to support the state's maintenance of efforts as required by the federal mandates of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 .   Unexpended amounts remaining in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the special fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.   From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by line item appropriation from the State General Fund to the Office of Secretary of State and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer, and shall not be authorized for expenditure by the Secretary of State to reimburse or otherwise defray expenses of any office administered by the Secretary of State.   From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
MS Code § 23-15-171 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 5 - Times of Primary and General Elections|Municipal Elections|§ 23-15-171. Primary elections

  Municipal primary elections shall be held on the first Tuesday in April preceding the general municipal election and, in the event a second primary shall be necessary, such second primary shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in April preceding such general municipal election. The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast in the election shall be the party nominee. If no candidate shall receive a majority vote at the election, the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall have their names placed on the ballot for the second primary election. The candidate receiving the most votes cast in the second primary election shall be the party nominee. However, if no candidate shall receive a majority vote at the first primary, and there is a tie in the election of those receiving the next highest vote, those candidates receiving the next highest vote and the candidate receiving the highest vote shall have their names placed on the ballot for the second primary election, and whoever receives the most votes cast in the second primary election shall be the party nominee. At the primary election the municipal executive committee shall perform the same duties as are specified by law and performed by members of the county executive committee with regard to state and county primary elections. Each municipal executive committee shall have as many members as there are elective officers of the municipality, and the members of the municipal executive committee of each political party shall be elected in the primary elections held for the nomination of candidates for municipal offices. The provisions of this section shall govern all municipal primary elections as far as applicable, but the officers to prepare the ballots and the poll managers and other officials of the primary election shall be appointed by the municipal executive committee of the party holding the primary, and the returns of such election shall be made to such municipal executive committee. Vacancies in the executive committee shall be filled by it.   Provided, however, that in municipalities operating under a special or private charter which fixes a time for holding elections, other than the time fixed by Chapter 491, Laws of 1950, the first primary election shall be held on the first Tuesday, two (2) months before the time for holding the general election, as fixed by the charter, and the second primary election, where necessary, shall be held three (3) weeks after the first primary election, unless the charter of any such municipality provides otherwise, in which event the provisions of the special or private charter shall prevail as to the time of holding such primary elections.   All primary elections in municipalities shall be held and conducted in the same manner as is provided by law for state and county primary elections.
MS Code § 23-15-173 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 5 - Times of Primary and General Elections|Municipal Elections|§ 23-15-173. General elections; applicability of this section and Section 23-15-171 to certain special or private charter municipalities

  A general municipal election shall be held in each city, town or village on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of June 1985, and every four (4) years thereafter, for the election of all municipal officers elected by the people.   All municipal general elections shall be held and conducted in the same manner as is provided by law for state and county general elections.   The provisions of Sections 23-15-171 and 23-15-173, which fix the times to hold primary and general elections, shall not apply to any municipality operating under a special or private charter where the governing board or authority thereof, on or before June 25, 1952, shall have adopted and spread upon its minutes a resolution or ordinance declining to accept the provisions, in which event the primary and general elections shall be held at the time fixed by the charter of the municipality.
MS Code § 23-15-191 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 5 - Times of Primary and General Elections|Other Elections|§ 23-15-191. Primary elections

 The first primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of August preceding any regular or general election; and the second primary shall be held three (3) weeks thereafter. The candidate that receives a majority of the votes cast in the election shall be the party nominee. If no candidate receives a majority vote at the election, then the two (2) candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall have their names placed on the ballot for the second primary election to be held three (3) weeks later. The candidate who receives the most votes in the second primary election shall be the party nominee. However, if no candidate receives a majority vote at the first primary, and there is a tie in the election of those receiving the next highest vote, then those candidates receiving the next highest vote and the candidate receiving the highest vote shall have their names placed on the ballot for the second primary election to be held three (3) weeks later, and whoever receives the most votes cast in the second primary election shall be the party nominee.
MS Code § 23-15-193 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 5 - Times of Primary and General Elections|Other Elections|§ 23-15-193. Officers to be elected at general state election

 At the election in 1995, and every four (4) years thereafter, there shall be elected a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General, three (3) public service commissioners, three (3) Mississippi Transportation Commissioners, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, Senators and members of the House of Representatives in the Legislature, district attorneys for the several districts, clerks of the circuit and chancery courts of the several counties, as well as sheriffs, coroners, assessors, surveyors and members of the boards of supervisors, justice court judges and constables, and all other officers to be elected by the people at the general state election. All such officers shall hold their offices for a term of four (4) years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The state officers shall be elected in the manner prescribed in Section 140 of the Constitution.
MS Code § 23-15-195 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 5 - Times of Primary and General Elections|Other Elections|§ 23-15-195. Elections to be by ballot in one day

 All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and shall be concluded in one (1) day.
MS Code § 23-15-197 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 5 - Times of Primary and General Elections|Other Elections|§ 23-15-197. Times for holding elections

  Times for holding primary and general elections for congressional offices shall be as prescribed in Sections 23-15-1031, 23-15-1033 and 23-15-1041.   Times for holding elections for the office of judge of the Supreme Court shall be as prescribed in Section 23-15-991 and Sections 23-15-974 through 23-15-985, and times for holding elections for the office of judge of the Court of Appeals shall be as prescribed in Section 9-4-5.   Times for holding elections for the office of circuit court judge and the office of chancery court judge shall be as prescribed in Sections 23-15-974 through 23-15-985, and Section 23-15-1015.   Times for holding elections for the office of county election commissioners shall be as prescribed in Section 23-15-213.   Times for holding elections for the office of levee commissioner shall be as prescribed in Chapter 12, Laws of 1928; Chapter 574, Laws of 1968; Chapter 85, Laws of 1930; Chapter 317, Laws of 1983; and Chapter 438, Laws of 2010.
MS Code § 23-15-331 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 13 - Ballots|Primary elections|§ 23-15-331. Duties of state executive committee

 It shall be the duty of the state executive committee of each political party to furnish to each county executive committee, not less than fifty (50) days prior to the election, the names of all state and state district candidates and all candidates for legislative districts composed of more than one county or parts of more than one county who have qualified as provided by law, and in accordance with the requirements of Section 23-15-333 a sample of the official ballot to be used in the primary, the general form of which shall be followed as nearly as practicable.
MS Code § 23-15-351 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 13 - Ballots|Other Elections|§ 23-15-351. Authority to print ballots; penalties

 It shall be the duty of the chair of the election commission of each county to have printed all necessary ballots for use in elections, except ballots in municipal elections which shall be printed as herein provided by the authorities of the respective municipalities; and the election commissioner shall cause the official ballot to be printed by a printer sworn to keep the ballots secret under the penalties prescribed by law. The printer shall deliver to the election commissioners for holding elections, a certificate of the number of ballots printed for each precinct, and shall not print any additional ballots, except on instruction of proper election commissioners; and failure to observe either of these requirements shall be a misdemeanor.
MS Code § 23-15-353 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 13 - Ballots|Other Elections|§ 23-15-353. Sufficient ballots to be printed and distributed

 The officer charged with printing and distributing the official ballot shall ascertain from the registrar, at least ten (10) days before the day of election, the number of registered voters in each voting precinct; and he or she shall have printed and distributed a sufficient number of ballots for use in each precinct.
MS Code § 23-15-355 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 13 - Ballots|Other Elections|§ 23-15-355. Payment of ballot expenses

 Ballots in all elections shall be printed and distributed at public expense and shall be known as "official ballots." The expense of printing the ballots shall be paid out of the county treasury, except that in municipal elections such expenses shall be paid by the respective cities, towns and villages.
MS Code § 23-15-357 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 13 - Ballots|Other Elections|§ 23-15-357. Back and outside of ballot

 On the back and outside of the ballot shall be printed the words "OFFICIAL BALLOT," the name of the voting precinct or place for which the ballot is prepared, and the date of the election.
MS Code § 23-15-363 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 13 - Ballots|Other Elections|§ 23-15-363. Names of candidates who have not duly withdrawn not omitted from ballot

 After the proper officer has knowledge of or has been notified of the nomination, as provided, of any candidate for office, the officer shall not omit his name from the ballot, unless upon the written request of the candidate nominated, made at least ten (10) days before the election, and in no case after such ballot has been printed; and every ballot shall contain the names of all candidates nominated as specified, and not duly withdrawn.
MS Code § 23-15-365 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 13 - Ballots|Other Elections|§ 23-15-365. Write-in candidates; blank space on general, special and primary election ballots; applicability of section to elections conducted under Sections 23-15-974 through 23-15-985

    In general and special elections, one (1) blank space shall be left on each ballot under the title of each office to be voted for, and in the event of the death, resignation, withdrawal or removal of any candidate whose name was printed on the official ballot, the name of the candidate duly substituted in the place of such candidate who is qualified to hold the office may be written in the blank space by the voter.   In all primary elections, one (1) blank space shall be left on each ballot under the title of each office to be voted for, and in the event of the death, resignation, or withdrawal of a candidate, the name of any individual who is qualified to hold the office may be written in the blank space by the voter.     The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to elections conducted under the Nonpartisan Judicial Election Act.