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MS Code § 23-15-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Procedures for Registration|§ 23-15-37. Keeping registration books; registration of voters; voter registration in public schools

  The registrar shall register the electors of his or her county at any time during regular office hours.   The county registrar may keep his or her office open to register voters from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., including the noon hour, for the five (5) business days immediately preceding the thirtieth day before any regularly scheduled primary or general election. The county registrar shall also keep his or her office open from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on the Saturday immediately preceding the thirtieth day before any regularly scheduled primary or general election, unless that Saturday falls on a legal holiday, in which case registration applications submitted on the Monday immediately following the legal holiday shall be accepted and entered in the Statewide Elections Management System for the purpose of enabling such voters to vote in the next primary or general election.   The registrar, or any deputy registrar duly appointed by law, may visit and spend such time as he or she may deem necessary at any location in his or her county, selected by the registrar not less than thirty (30) days before an election, for the purpose of registering voters.   A person who is physically disabled and unable to visit the office of the registrar to register to vote due to such disability may contact the registrar and request that the registrar or the registrar's deputy visit him or her for the purpose of registering such person to vote. The registrar or the registrar's deputy shall visit that person as soon as possible after such request and provide the person with an application for registration, if necessary. The completed application for registration shall be executed in the presence of the registrar or the registrar's deputy.     In the fall and spring of each year the registrar of each county shall furnish all public schools with mail-in voter registration applications. The applications shall be provided in a reasonable time to enable those students who will be eighteen (18) years of age before a general election to be able to vote in the primary and general elections.   Each public school district shall permit access to all public schools of this state for the county registrar or the county registrar's deputy to register persons who are eligible to vote and to provide voter education.
MS Code § 23-15-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Procedures for Registration|§ 23-15-41. Endorsement of application; completion of registration

  When an applicant to register to vote has completed the application form as prescribed by administrative rule, the county registrar shall enter the applicant's information into the Statewide Elections Management System where the applicant's status will be marked as "ACTIVE," "PENDING" or "REJECTED," and the applicant shall be entitled to register upon his or her request for registration made in person to the registrar, or deputy registrar if a deputy registrar has been appointed. No person other than the registrar, or a deputy registrar, shall register any applicant.   If an applicant is not qualified to register to vote, then the registrar shall enter the applicant's information into the Statewide Elections Management System and mark the applicant's status as "PENDING" or "REJECTED," with the specific reason or reasons for that status noted. The registrar shall notify the election commission of those applicants rejected.
MS Code § 23-15-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Procedures for Registration|§ 23-15-43. Automatic review where person is not approved for registration

 In the event an applicant is not registered, there shall be an automatic review by the county election commissioners under the procedures provided in Sections 23-15-61 through 23-15-79. In addition to the meetings of the election commissioners provided in those sections, the commissioners are required to hold such additional meetings to determine all pending cases of registration on review before the election at which the applicant desires to vote.   It is not the purpose of this section to indicate the decision that should be reached by the election commissioners in certain cases but to define which applicants should receive further examination by providing for an automatic review.
MS Code § 23-15-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Procedures for Registration|§ 23-15-45. Notice to person denied registration

 In the event that registration is denied pending automatic review by the county election commissioners, the registrar shall immediately inform the applicant that the registration is denied and advise the applicant of the date, time and place of the next meeting of the county election commissioners, at which time the applicant may present such evidence either in person or in writing as he deems pertinent to the question of residency.
MS Code § 23-15-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Procedures for Registration|§ 23-15-49. Change of voter registration information by elector on secured website

    The Secretary of State shall, with the support of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, establish a secure Internet website to permit registered electors to change their name, address or other information set forth in the elector's existing voter registration record.   Upon the request of an elector through the secure website, the software used by the Secretary of State for processing applications through the website shall provide for verification that:   The elector has a current and valid Mississippi driver's license or photo identification card issued by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety and the number for that driver's license or photo identification card provided by the applicant matches the number for the elector's driver's license or photo identification card that is on file with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety;   The name and date of birth provided by the voter matches the name and date of birth that is on file with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety; and   The information provided by the elector matches the information on file with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.    If any of the information does not match that on file with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, the changes shall be rejected.      Any person who attempts to change registration information under this section shall be subject to the penalties for false registration provided for in Section 97-13-25.   The Secretary of State and the Department of Public Safety shall enter into a memorandum of understanding providing for the sharing of information required to facilitate the requirements of this section.
MS Code § 23-15-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Appeals Upon Denial of Registration|§ 23-15-61. Appeal by person denied registration

 Any person denied the right to register as a voter may appeal from the decision of the county registrar to the board of election commissioners by filing with the county registrar, on the same day of the denial or within five (5) days after the denial, a written application for appeal.
MS Code § 23-15-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Appeals Upon Denial of Registration|§ 23-15-63. Appeal by other elector of allowance of registration

 Any elector of the county may likewise appeal from the decision of the county registrar allowing any other person to be registered as a voter; but before the same can be heard, the party appealing shall give notice to the person whose registration is appealed from, in writing, stating the grounds of the appeal. The notice shall be served by the sheriff or a constable, as process in other courts is required to be served; and the officer may demand and receive for such service, from the person requesting the same, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00).
MS Code § 23-15-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Appeals Upon Denial of Registration|§ 23-15-65. Determination of appeals at September meeting of board of election commissioners

 The board of election commissioners shall meet at the courthouse of its county on the second Monday in September preceding any general election, and shall remain in session from day to day, so long as business may require. Three (3) election commissioners shall constitute a quorum to do business; but the concurrence of at least three (3) election commissioners shall be necessary in all cases for the rendition of a decision. The election commissioners shall hear and determine all appeals from the decisions of the registrar of their county, allowing or refusing the applications of electors to be registered; and they shall correct illegal or improper registrations, and shall secure the elective franchise, as affected by registration, to those who may be illegally or improperly denied the same.
MS Code § 23-15-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Appeals Upon Denial of Registration|§ 23-15-67. Determination of appeals at other meetings

 The election commissioners of each county shall, at the meetings provided for in Sections 23-15-123, 23-15-155 and 23-15-157, hear and determine any appeals which may have been perfected and which are pending on the respective dates provided for in Sections 23-15-123, 23-15-155 and 23-15-157, from the decisions of the registrar of their county allowing or refusing the applications of persons to be registered. The above dates for hearing the appeals are supplemental to the provisions of Section 23-15-65.
MS Code § 23-15-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Appeals Upon Denial of Registration|§ 23-15-69. Appeals heard de novo; finality of decisions

 All cases on appeal shall be heard by the boards of election commissioners de novo, and oral and documentary evidence may be heard by them; and they are authorized to administer oaths to witnesses before them; and they have power to subpoena witnesses, and to compel their attendance; to send for persons and papers; to require the sheriff and constables to attend them and to execute their process. The decisions of the commissioners in all cases shall be final as to questions of fact, but as to matters of law they may be revised by circuit courts and the Supreme Court. The registrar shall obey the orders of the commissioners in directing a person to be registered, or a name to be stricken from the Statewide Elections Management System.
MS Code § 23-15-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Appeals Upon Denial of Registration|§ 23-15-71. Appeal from decision of commissioners

 Any elector aggrieved by the decision of the commissioners shall have the right to file a bill of exceptions thereto, to be approved and signed by the commissioners, embodying the evidence in the case and the findings of the commissioners, within two (2) days after the rendition of the decision, and may thereupon appeal to the circuit court upon the execution of a bond, with two (2) or more sufficient sureties to be approved by the commissioners, in the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), payable to the state, and conditioned to pay all costs in case the appeal shall not be successfully prosecuted; and in case the decision of the commissioners be affirmed, judgment shall be entered on the bond for all costs.
MS Code § 23-15-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Appeals Upon Denial of Registration|§ 23-15-73. Duty of commissioners upon appeal

 It shall be the duty of the commissioners, in case of appeal from their decision, to return the bill of exceptions and the appeal bond into the circuit court of the county within five (5) days after the filing of the same with them; and the circuit courts shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such appeals.
MS Code § 23-15-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Appeals Upon Denial of Registration|§ 23-15-75. Proceedings in circuit court

 Should the judgment of the circuit court be in favor of the right of an elector to be registered, the court shall so order, and shall, by its judgment, direct the registrar of the county forthwith to register him. Costs shall not, in any case, be adjudged against the county.
MS Code § 23-15-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Appeals Upon Denial of Registration|§ 23-15-77. Costs

 The election commissioners shall not award costs in proceedings before them; but circuit courts and the Supreme Court shall allow costs as in other cases.
MS Code § 23-15-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Appeals Upon Denial of Registration|§ 23-15-79. Date of registration to vote

  Unless the application for registration was made pursuant to Section 23-15-47, the date of registration to vote shall be the date the application for registration to vote was initially received by the registrar or, if submitted by mail, the postmark date, regardless of the date on which the county election commission, circuit court or Supreme Court, as the case may be, makes its final determination allowing the registration.   In the case of an application for registration that has been made pursuant to Section 23-15-47, the date of registration to vote shall be the date the complete and legible application form is received by the county registrar, or, if mailed, the postmark date of the complete and legible application.
MS Code § 23-15-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Liability of the Registrar, Penalties and Injunctive Relief|§ 23-15-91. No personal liability for error of judgment

 The county registrar, while acting within his jurisdiction and under the authority of this chapter, shall not be liable personally for any error of judgment regarding the registration of electors.
MS Code § 23-15-93 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Liability of the Registrar, Penalties and Injunctive Relief|§ 23-15-93. Penalties

 If any election commissioner or registrar shall refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties imposed upon him or her by this chapter regarding the registration of electors, or shall knowingly permit any person to sign a false affidavit or otherwise knowingly permit any person to violate any provision of this chapter regarding the registration of electors, or shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter regarding the registration of electors, or if any officer taking the affidavits as provided in this chapter regarding registration of electors shall make any false statement in his or her certificate thereto attached, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a crime and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding one (1) year, and shall be removed from office.
MS Code § 23-15-95 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Liability of the Registrar, Penalties and Injunctive Relief|§ 23-15-95. Injunctive relief

 In addition to the penalties set forth in Section 23-15-93, any applicant aggrieved by any registrar or election commissioner because of their refusal or neglect to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter regarding the registration of electors may petition the chancery court of the county of the registrar or election commissioner for an injunction or mandate to enforce the performance of such duties and to secure to that applicant the rights to which he or she may be entitled under the provisions of the sections.
MS Code § 23-15-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Registration Records|§ 23-15-113. Contents of voter registration files; storage of voter registration records

  The voter registration files shall contain copies of the applications for registration completed by electors, which applications shall show the date of registration and signature of elector.   All records pertaining to voter registration shall be stored in an electronic format in the Statewide Elections Management System by the county registrar. The scanned applications shall be a legal document of voter registration and shall be retained in the Statewide Elections Management System.
MS Code § 23-15-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Registration Records|§ 23-15-115. Transfer of voter registration necessitated by change in boundaries of legislative districts

 When a transfer of a voter registration is necessitated by any change in the boundaries of legislative districts, supervisors districts, voting precincts, or other similar boundaries, such information necessary to bring about such transfer may be secured by mail or otherwise. Necessary forms for the purposes of securing necessary information shall be prepared by the registrar.
MS Code § 23-15-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Registration Records|§ 23-15-121. Loss or destruction of electronic voting record

 Should the electronic voting record of any county as maintained by the Statewide Elections Management System be lost or destroyed, the board of supervisors may adjudge the fact, and direct a new registration of the voters to be made; and the county registrar, being so directed, shall make a new registration, as herein provided, of the qualified electors of his or her county.
MS Code § 23-15-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Registration Records|§ 23-15-123. Confusion of registration books

 If at any time the registration books of the county as maintained by the Statewide Elections Management System be or become in such confusion that a new registration is necessary to determine correctly the names of the qualified electors and the voting precinct of each, the board of supervisors shall order a new registration of voters to be made in like manner as provided for in Section 23-15-121.
MS Code § 23-15-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Registration Records|§ 23-15-125. Form of pollbooks

 The pollbook of each voting precinct shall designate the voting precinct for which it is to be used, and shall be ruled in appropriate columns, with printed or written headings, as follows: date of registration; voter registration number; name of electors; date of birth; and a number of blank columns for the dates of elections. All qualified applicants who register with the registrar shall be entered in the Statewide Elections Management System. Only the names of those qualified applicants who register within thirty (30) days before an election shall appear on the pollbooks of the election; however, if the thirtieth day to register before an election falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, the registration applications submitted on the business day immediately following the legal holiday shall be accepted and entered in the Statewide Elections Management System for the purpose of enabling voters to vote in the next election. When county election commissioners determine that any elector is disqualified from voting, by reason of death, conviction of a disenfranchising crime, removal from the jurisdiction, or other legal cause, that fact shall be noted in the Statewide Elections Management System and the voter's name shall be removed from the Statewide Elections Management System, the state's voter roll and the county's pollbooks. Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of electronic pollbooks.
MS Code § 23-15-135 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Registration Records|§ 23-15-135. Registrar to keep master voter roll and pollbooks and provide location for accepting applications for Mississippi Voter Identification Cards

  The master voter roll as electronically maintained by the Statewide Elections Management System of the several voting precincts of each county and the pollbooks heretofore in use shall be delivered to the registrar of the county, and they, together with the master voter roll and pollbooks hereafter made, shall be records of his or her office, and he or she shall carefully preserve the same as such; and after each election the pollbooks shall be speedily returned to the office of the registrar.   The registrar of each county shall provide a location in the registrar's office at which he or she shall accept applications for Mississippi Voter Identification Cards in accordance with the Mississippi Constitution.   The registrar of each county shall enter into a Memorandum of Understanding, which is negotiated by the Secretary of State, with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety for the purpose of providing a Mississippi Voter Identification Card.
MS Code § 23-15-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Purging|§ 23-15-151. List of persons convicted of certain crimes to be kept by circuit clerk and entered into Statewide Elections Management System; removal of disenfranchised voters from system

 The circuit clerk of each county is authorized and directed to prepare and keep in his or her office a full and complete list, in alphabetical order, of persons convicted of voter fraud or of any crime listed in Section 241, Mississippi Constitution of 1890. A certified copy of any enrollment by one clerk to another will be sufficient authority for the enrollment of the name, or names, in another county. A list of persons convicted of voter fraud, any crime listed in Section 241, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, or any crime interpreted as disenfranchising in later Attorney General opinions, shall also be entered into the Statewide Elections Management System on a quarterly basis. Voters who have been convicted in a Mississippi state court of any disenfranchising crime are not qualified electors as defined by Section 23-15-11 and shall be purged or otherwise removed by the county registrar or county election commissioners from the Statewide Elections Management System.
MS Code § 23-15-161 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 23 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code|Article 3 - Voter Registration|Purging|§ 23-15-161. Attendance and assistance of county registrar at meeting of county election commissioners

 The county registrar shall:   Attend the meetings of the county election commissioners;   Permit and furnish them access to the Statewide Elections Management System; and   Render them all needed assistance of which the registrar is capable in the performance of their duties in revising the list of qualified electors.