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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-241 - Election bailiff to keep peace

The poll manager designated an election bailiff shall, in addition to his or her other duties, be present during the election to keep the peace and to protect the voting place, and to prevent improper intrusion upon the voting place or interference with the election, and to arrest all persons creating any disturbance about the voting place, and to enable all qualified electors who have not voted, and who desire to vote, to have unobstructed access to the polls for the purpose of voting when others are not voting.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-105 [Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 7, art 5 (13); 1857, ch. 4, art 6; 1871, § 365; 1880, § 128; 1892, § 3638; 1906, § 4145; Hemingway's 1917, § 6779; 1930, § 6217; 1942, § 3246; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 69, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 53, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-243 - Selection of election bailiff if none designated

If the election commissioners fail to designate a poll manager as the bailiff, or if their designee fails to serve, the poll managers may select an election bailiff from among their number.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-107 [Codes, 1857, ch. 4, art 4; 1871, § 366; 1880, § 129; 1892, § 3639; 1906, § 4146; Hemingway's 1917, § 6780; 1930, § 6218; 1942, § 3247; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 70, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 54, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-245 - Duties of election bailiff; polls to be open and clear

It shall be the duty of the poll manager designated as bailiff to be present at the voting place, and to take such steps as will accomplish the purpose of his or her appointment, and the poll manager designated as bailiff shall have full power to do so and may summon to his or her aid all persons present at the voting place. A space thirty (30) feet in every direction from the polls, or the room in which the election is held, shall be kept open and clear of all persons except the election officials, individuals present to vote and credentialed poll watchers as defined by Section
23-15-577
. The electors shall approach the polls from one (1) direction, line, door or passage, and depart in another as nearly opposite as convenient.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-109 [Codes, 1880, § 130; 1892, § 3640; 1906, § 4147; Hemingway's 1917, § 6781; 1930, § 6219; 1942, § 3248; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 71, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 55, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-247 - Ballot boxes

The election commissioners in each county shall procure, if not already provided, a sufficient number of ballot boxes, which shall be distributed by them to the voting precincts of the county before the time for opening the polls. The boxes shall be securely sealed from the opening of the polls on election day until the polls close on election day; and the box shall be kept by one (1) of the managers, and the manager having the box shall carefully keep it, and neither open it himself or herself nor permit it to be opened, nor permit any person to have any access to it throughout the voting period during an election. The box shall not be removed from the polling building or place after the polls are opened until the polls close and the count is complete. After each election the ballot boxes shall be delivered to the clerk of the circuit court of the county for preservation; and he or she shall keep them for future use, and, when called for, deliver them to the election commissioners.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-111 [Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 7, art 5 (15); 1857, ch. 4, art 10; 1871, § 364; 1880, § 126; 1892, § 3637; 1906, § 4144; Hemingway's 1917, § 6778; 1930, § 6220; 1942, § 3249; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 72, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 56, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-249 - Procedure when pollbooks or ballot boxes not distributed

The failure to distribute to the different voting places the pollbooks containing the alphabetical list of voters, or the ballot boxes provided for, shall not prevent the holding of an election, but in such case the poll managers shall proceed to hold the election without the books and ballot boxes, and shall provide some suitable substitute for the ballot boxes, and conform as nearly as possible to the law in the reception and disposition of the official ballots.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-113 [Codes, 1880, § 145; 1892, § 3676; 1906, § 4183; Hemingway's 1917, § 6817; 1930, § 6221; 1942, § 3250; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 73, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 57, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-251 - Duties of poll manager designated to receive and distribute ballots

The election commissioners, in appointing the poll managers of an election, shall designate one (1) of the poll managers at each voting place to receive and distribute the official ballots, and shall deliver to him or her the proper number of ballots for his or her district not less than one (1) day before the election; and the poll manager receiving the ballots from the election commissioners shall distribute the same to the electors of his or her district in the manner herein provided. It shall be the duty of the designated poll manager for service at a voting place other than the courthouse, to carry to that voting place, on the day before the election, or before 6:00 a.m. on the morning of the election, the ballot box, the pollbook, the blank tally sheets, the blank forms to be used in making returns, the other necessary stationery and supplies and the official printed ballots aforesaid, and all of the same used and unused shall be returned by the designated poll manager to the election commissioners on the day next following the election.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-127 [Codes, 1892, § 3660; 1906, § 4167; Hemingway's 1917, § 6801; 1930, § 6228; 1942, § 3257; Laws, 1968, ch. 571, § 2; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 74, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 58, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-253 - Poll managers to be furnished stationery and blank forms

The election commissioners shall furnish to the poll managers at each voting place a sufficient quantity of stationery for use in holding the election, and also blank forms to be used in making returns of the election, including the precinct opening and closing log, the election ballot account form and the electronic vote tally worksheet provided by the Secretary of State's office.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-115 [Codes, 1892, § 3646; 1906, § 4153; Hemingway's 1917, § 6787; 1930, § 6222; 1942, § 3251; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 75, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 59, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-255 - Voting compartments, shelves and tables; information required to be posted at precinct polling place on election day

(1)
The supervisor of each respective supervisors district shall provide at each election place a sufficient number of voting compartments, shelves and tables for the use of electors, which shall be so arranged that it will be impossible for a voter in one (1) compartment to see another voter who is preparing his or her ballot. The number of voting compartments and shelves or tables shall not be less than one (1) to every two hundred (200) electors in the voting precinct.
(2)
The poll managers of each precinct shall publicly post the following information at the precinct polling place on the day of any election:
(a)
A sample ballot that will be used at the election;
(b)
The hours during which the polling places will be open;
(c)
Instructions on how to vote, including how to cast a vote and how to cast an affidavit ballot;
(d)
Instructions for persons who have registered to vote by mail and first time voters, if appropriate;
(e)
General information on voting rights, including information on the right of an individual to cast an affidavit ballot and instructions on how to contact the appropriate officials if these rights are alleged to have been violated; and
(f)
The consequences under federal and state laws regarding fraud and misrepresentation;
(g)
A list of voters in each polling place that have already cast an absentee ballot; and
(h)
The acceptable forms of photo identification that may be presented in the polling place.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-117 [Codes, 1892, § 3647; 1906, § 4154; Hemingway's 1917, § 6788; 1930, § 6223; 1942, § 3252; Laws, 1978, ch. 390, § 1; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 76; Laws, 2004, ch. 305, § 14, eff. 7/12/2004 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 60, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-257 - Duties of marshal or chief of police in municipal elections

The marshal or chief of police shall perform, in respect to the municipal elections, all the duties prescribed by law to be performed by the board of supervisors in reference to furnishing voting compartments for state and county elections.
Derived from 1972 Code § 21-11-17 [Codes, 1892, § 3033; 1906, § 3438; Hemingway's 1917, § 5998; 1930, § 2600; 1942, § 3374-67; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 67; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 329]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 77, eff. 1/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-259 - Authority of boards of supervisors to allow compensation of officers rendering services in registration and elections and reasonable sum to supply voting compartments, tables and shelves

The boards of supervisors of the several counties are authorized to allow compensation of the officers rendering services in matters of registration and elections, to provide ballot boxes, voter rolls as electronically maintained by the Statewide Elections Management System, and all other things required by law in registration and elections. The boards are also authorized, by order spread upon the minutes of the board setting forth the cost and source of funds therefor, to allow such reasonable sum as may be expended in supplying voting compartments, tables or shelves for use at elections.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-179 [Codes, 1892, § 3704; 1906, § 4211; Hemingway's 1917, § 6847; 1930, § 6255; 1942, § 3284; Laws, 1976, ch. 350, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1985, ch. 397, § 1; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 78, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 61, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-261 - Certification of service as poll managers

The election commissioners shall, after each election, make out a list of all persons who served as poll managers at the election, designating for what service each is entitled to pay, certify to the correctness of the same, and file it with the clerk of the board of supervisors. An allowance shall not be made to any such officer unless his or her service be so certified.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-181 [Codes, 1892, § 3705; 1906, § 4212; Hemingway's 1917, § 6348; 1930, § 6256; 1942, § 3285; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 79, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 62, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-263 - Duties of county executive committees at primary elections

(1)
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the county executive committee at primary elections shall perform all duties that relate to the qualification of candidates for primary elections, print ballots for primary elections, appoint the primary election officers, resolve contests in regard to primary elections, and perform all other duties required by law to be performed by the county executive committee; however, each house of the Legislature shall rule on the qualifications of the membership of its respective body in contests involving the qualifications of such members. The executive committee shall be subject to all the penalties to which county election commissioners are subject, except that Section
23-15-217
shall not apply to members of the county executive committee who seek elective office.
(2)
A member of a county executive committee shall be automatically disqualified to serve on the county executive committee, and shall be considered to have resigned therefrom, upon his qualification as a candidate for any elective office. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a member of a county executive committee who qualifies as a candidate for a municipal elective office.
(3)
The primary election officers appointed by the executive committee of the party shall have the powers and perform the duties, where not otherwise provided, required of such officers in a general election, and any and every act or omission which by law is an offense when committed in or about or in respect to such general elections, shall be an offense if committed in or about or in respect to a primary election; and the same shall be indictable and punishable in the same way as if the election was a general election for the election of state and county officers, except as specially modified or otherwise provided in this chapter.
Derived from 1942 Code § 3105 [Codes, 1906, § 3697; Hemingway's 1917, § 6388; 1930, § 5864; Repealed, 1970, ch. 506, § 33; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 346]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 80; Laws, 1989, ch. 483, § 1; Laws, 1993, ch. 528, § 10, eff. 8/16/1993 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-265 - Meeting of county executive committee; appointment of poll managers by committee

(1)
The county executive committee of each county shall meet not less than two (2) weeks before the date of any primary election and appoint the poll managers for same, all of whom may be members of the same political party. The number of poll managers appointed by the county executive committee shall be the same number as election commissioners are allowed to appoint pursuant to Sections
23-15-231
and
23-15-235
. If the county executive committee fails to meet on the date named, supra, further notice shall be given of the time and place of meeting.
(2)
(a)
If it is eligible under Section
23-15-266
, the county executive committee may enter into a written agreement with the circuit clerk or the county election commission authorizing the circuit clerk or the county election commission to perform any of the duties required of the county executive committee pursuant to this section. Any agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection shall be signed by the chair of the county executive committee and the circuit clerk or the chair of the county election commission, as appropriate. The county executive committee shall notify the state executive committee and the Secretary of State of the existence of the agreement.
(b)
If it is eligible under Section
23-15-266
, the municipal executive committee may enter into a written agreement with the municipal clerk or the municipal election commission authorizing the municipal clerk or the municipal election commission to perform any of the duties required of the municipal executive committee pursuant to this section. Any agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection shall be signed by the chair of the municipal executive committee and the municipal clerk or the chair of the municipal election commission, as appropriate. The municipal executive committee shall notify the state executive committee and the Secretary of State of the existence of such agreement.
Derived from 1942 Code § 3115 [Codes, 1906, § 3707; Hemingway's 1917, § 6399; 1930, § 5873; Laws, 1962, ch. 565, § 1; repealed, Laws, 1970, ch. 506, § 33, and 1986, ch. 495, § 346]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 81; Laws, 2001, ch. 523, § 3, eff. 6/20/2001 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 63, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-266 - Executive committee authorized to enter into agreements regarding conduct of elections if certain criteria met

A county or municipal executive committee shall be eligible to enter into written agreements with a circuit or municipal clerk or a county or municipal election commission as provided for in Section
23-15-239(2)
,
23-15-265(2)
,
23-15-267(4)
,
23-15-333(4)
,
23-15-335(2)
or
23-15-597(2)
, only if the political party with which such county or municipal executive committee is affiliated:
(a)
Has cast for its candidate for Governor in the last two (2) gubernatorial elections ten percent (10%) of the total vote cast for governor; or
(b)
Has cast for its candidate for Governor in three (3) of the last five (5) gubernatorial elections twenty-five percent (25%) of the total vote cast for Governor.
Laws, 2001, ch. 523, § 1, eff. 6/20/2001 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-269 - [Repealed]

Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-161 [Codes, 1892, § 3669; 1906, § 4176; Hemingway's 1917, § 6810; 1930, § 6246; 1942, § 3275; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 83, eff. 1/1/1987.
Repealed by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 193, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-271 - Election integrity assurance committee

(1)
The state executive committee of any political party authorized to conduct political party primaries shall form an election integrity assurance committee for each congressional district. The state executive committee shall appoint three (3) of its members to each congressional district election integrity assurance committee. The members so appointed shall be residents of the congressional district for which the election integrity assurance committee is formed. The state executive committee shall name a chair and a secretary from among the members of each committee. The state executive committee shall provide to each circuit and municipal clerk a list of the members of the congressional district integrity assurance committee for the congressional district in which the county or municipality of the clerk is located.
(2)
If within sixty (60) days of an election, a county executive committee or a municipal executive committee fails to attend training or perform in a timely manner any of the duties specified in Sections
23-15-239
,
23-15-265
,
23-15-267
,
23-15-333
,
23-15-335
and
23-15-597
and there is no written agreement in place between the county or municipal executive committee and the county or municipal election commission or the circuit or municipal clerk pursuant to such sections, or there is such an agreement in place and it is not being executed, the circuit or municipal clerk shall notify the chair and secretary of the congressional district election integrity assurance committee or the chair of the state executive committee of such failure and call upon them to take immediate and appropriate action to ensure that such duties are performed in order to secure the orderly conduct of the primary. Upon receiving the notice, the election integrity assurance committee shall be responsible for conducting any required training and shall be authorized to contract on behalf of the county or municipal executive committee with the county or municipal election commission or the circuit or municipal clerk for the conduct of the primary election.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the state executive committee or a congressional district election assurance committee to conduct primaries.
Laws, 2001, ch. 472, § 1, eff. 6/20/2001 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,).
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 65, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS (§§ 23-15-211 — 23-15-273) › Section 23-15-273 - Officials responsible for conducting elections prohibited from soliciting, accepting or using private funds for certain election-related expenses

No agency or state or local official responsible for conducting elections may solicit, accept, use or dispose of any donation in the form of money, grants, property or personal services from an individual or a nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding election-related expenses or voter education, voter outreach or voter registration programs. This section does not prohibit the donation and acceptance of space to be used for a polling place. This section shall not prohibit an individual from contributing his or her personal time to assist with voter education, voter outreach, voter registration programs or other election-related programs as long as such individual receives no compensation or in-kind donation for contributing his or her time.
Added by Laws, 2022, ch. 389, HB 1365,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 9 - SUPERVISOR'S DISTRICTS AND VOTING PRECINCTS (§§ 23-15-281 — 23-15-285) › Section 23-15-281 - Fixing supervisors districts, voting precincts and voting places; purchase of property and construction, repair, renovation, maintenance, etc. of polling places; availability of facilities for use as polling place

(1)
Each county shall be divided into supervisors districts, which shall be the same as those for the election of members of the board of supervisors, and may be subdivided thereafter into voting precincts; and there shall be only one (1) voting place in each voting precinct. The board of supervisors shall notify the Office of the Secretary of State of the boundary of each supervisors district, sub-precinct and voting precinct as then fixed and shall provide the office a legal description and a map of each supervisors district, sub-precinct and voting precinct and shall indicate the voting place in each such district. The board of supervisors shall also ensure the legal description and map of each supervisors district is available in the circuit clerk's office for public inspection.
(2)
The board of supervisors is authorized, by order spread upon the minutes of the board setting forth the cost and source of funds therefor, to purchase improved or unimproved property and to construct, reconstruct, repair, renovate and maintain polling places, or to pay to private property owners reasonable rental fees when the property is used as a polling place for a period not to exceed the day immediately preceding the election, the day of the election, and the day immediately following the election. On or before May 1, 2019, the county board of supervisors shall ensure each polling place is accessible to all voters, structurally sound, capable of providing air conditioning and heating and compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
(3)
All facilities owned or leased by the state, county, municipality, or school district may be made available at no cost to the board of supervisors for use as polling places to such extent as may be agreed to by the authority having control or custody of these facilities.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-9 [Codes, 1880, § 102; 1892, § 3604; 1906, § 4100; Hemingway's 1917, § 6744; 1930, § 6179; 1942, § 3207; Laws, 1980, ch. 425 § 2; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 84, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 340, HB 914,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 66, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 9 - SUPERVISOR'S DISTRICTS AND VOTING PRECINCTS (§§ 23-15-281 — 23-15-285) › Section 23-15-285 - Entry of boundaries and alterations thereto on minutes of board of supervisors; limit on number of voters within each precinct or ballot box

The board of supervisors shall cause an entry to be made on the minutes of the board at some meeting, as early as convenient, defining the boundaries of the several supervisors districts, sub-precincts and voting precincts in the county, and designating the voting place in each voting precinct; and as soon as practicable after any change is made in any supervisors district, sub-precincts, voting precinct or any voting place, the board of supervisors shall cause the change to be entered on the minutes of the board in such manner as to be easily understood. Precinct boundaries may be changed only during the times provided in Section
23-15-283
.
No voting precinct shall have more than five hundred (500) qualified electors residing in its boundaries. Subject to the provisions of this section, each board of supervisors of the various counties of this state shall as soon as practical after January 1, 1987, alter or change the boundaries of the various voting precincts to comply herewith and shall from time to time make such changes in the boundaries of voting precincts so that there shall never be more than five hundred (500) qualified electors within the boundaries of the various voting precincts of this state; provided further, this limitation shall not apply to voting precincts that are so divided, alphabetically or otherwise, so as to have less than five hundred (500) qualified electors in any one (1) box within a voting precinct. However, the limitation of five hundred (500) qualified electors to the voting precinct shall not apply to voting precincts in which voting machines are used at all elections held in that voting precinct. No change in any supervisors district, sub-precinct or voting precinct shall take effect less than thirty (30) days before the qualifying deadline for the office of county supervisor.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-13 [Codes, 1880, § 103; 1892, § 3606; 1906, § 4112; Hemingway's 1917, § 6746; 1930, § 6181; 1942, § 3209; Laws, 1964, ch. 509, § 1; Laws, 1980, ch. 425, § 4; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 86; Laws, 2012, ch. 353, § 1, eff. 10/5/2012 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965). .
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 340, HB 914,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 174, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-291 - Nomination for state, district, county and county district office to be by primary election

All nominations for state, district, county and county district officers made by the different parties of this state shall be made by primary elections. All primary elections shall be governed and regulated by the election laws of the state in force at the time the primary election is held.
Derived from 1942 Code § 3105 [Codes, 1906, § 3697; Hemingway's 1917, § 6388; 1930, § 5864; repealed, Laws, 1970, ch. 506, § 33, and 1986, ch. 495, § 346]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 87, eff. 1/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-293 - Voting for and nomination of candidates for state, state district and legislative offices by counties or parts of counties within the districts

Candidates for state, state district and legislative offices shall be voted for and nominated by all the counties or parts of counties within their respective districts, and all the district nominations shall be under the supervision and control of the state executive committee of the respective political parties, which committees shall discharge in respect to such state district nominations all the powers and duties imposed upon them in connection with nominations of candidates for other state officers.
Derived from 1942 Code § 3147 [Codes, 1906, § 3723; Hemingway's 1917, § 6414; 1930, § 5900; repealed, Laws, 1970, ch. 506, § 33, and 1986, ch. 495, § 346]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 88, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 68, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-295 - Withdrawal of candidate

When any person has qualified in the manner provided by law as a candidate for party nomination in any primary election, such person shall have the right to withdraw his or her name as a candidate by giving notice of his or her withdrawal in writing to the secretary of the proper executive committee at any time before the printing of the official ballots, and in the event of such withdrawal the name of the candidate shall not be printed on the ballot. When a candidate for party nomination for a state or district office who has qualified with the state executive committee withdraws as a candidate as is herein set forth after the sample of the official ballot has been approved and certified by the state executive committee the secretary or chair of the State Executive Committee shall forthwith notify the county executive committee of each county affected or involved of the fact of the withdrawal and such notification shall authorize the county executive committees to omit the name of the withdrawn candidate from the ballot if such notification is received before the printing of the ballot. In the case of the withdrawal of any candidate, the fee paid by the candidate shall be retained by the state or county executive committee, as the case may be.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-1-31 [Codes, 1942, § 3118.7; Laws, 1952, ch. 294; Laws, 1970, ch. 506, § 4; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 331]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 89, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 175, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-296 - Written notification to Secretary of State

All political parties registered with the Secretary of State shall notify the Secretary of State in writing within two (2) working days of each qualifying deadline of the name, mailing address and office sought of all candidates for statewide, state district and legislative office who have submitted qualifying papers to the political party on or before the qualifying deadline, and all political parties shall notify the Secretary of State of any such candidate who withdraws his candidacy within two (2) working days of receiving written notice of the withdrawal.
Laws, 1999, ch. 301, § 6; Laws, 2010, ch. 320, § 1, eff. 7/15/2010 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-300 - Residency requirements for certain candidates for municipal, county or county district offices; applicability of section

(1)
Any candidate for any municipal, county or county district office shall be a resident of the municipality, county, county district or other territory that he or she seeks to represent in such office for two (2) years immediately preceding the day of election. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any municipality with less than one thousand (1,000) residents according to the latest federal decennial census.
(2)
A candidate shall prove in his or her qualifying information that he or she meets the applicable residency requirement or provide absolute proof, subject to no contingencies, that he or she will meet the residency requirement on or before the date of the election at which the candidate could be elected to office. The appropriate election official or executive committee, whichever is applicable, with whom a candidate files qualifying information shall review and determine whether the candidate meets the applicable residency requirement according to the procedures in Section
23-15-299
. The appropriate election commission shall review and determine whether a candidate required to file qualifying information with it meets the applicable residency requirement according to the procedures in Section
23-15-359
.
(3)
If the qualifications for an elected office include a specific residency requirement, the residency requirement in this section shall not apply.
(4)
This section shall apply to elections held from and after January 1, 2020.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 433, SB 2030,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-301 - Payment of election expenses

All the expenses of printing the tickets or primary election ballots, for necessary stationery, and for paying the managers, clerks and returning officer of every primary election authorized by this chapter held in any county shall be paid by the board of supervisors of such county out of the general funds of the county, but such officers of primary elections shall receive only such compensation as is authorized by Section
23-15-227
to be paid managers, clerks and returning officer for like services in holding elections thereunder. However, this section shall not apply to the expenses of a primary election held by any political party which at either of the last two (2) preceding general elections for the office of Governor or either of the last two (2) preceding national elections for President of the United States did not vote as many as twenty percent (20%) of the total vote cast in the entire state.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-1-67 [Codes, 1906, § 3718; Hemingway's 1917, § 6410; 1930, § 5877; 1942, § 3119; Laws, 1966, ch. 610, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 507, § 1; repealed 1970, ch. 506, § 33; Laws, 1972, ch. 366, § 1; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 331]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 92, eff. 1/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-303 - Each political party or organization to hold independent primary election

When two (2) or more political parties or political organizations are holding primary elections, each shall be conducted entirely independent of the other but at the same time.
Derived from 1942 Code § 3127 [Codes, 1930, § 5885; repealed by Laws, 1970, ch. 506, § 33, and 1986, ch. 495, § 346]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 93, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 70, eff. 4/18/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-305 - Majority vote required for nomination; run-off elections

The candidate who received the majority number of votes cast for the office which he seeks shall thereby become the nominee of his party for such office and no person shall be declared to be the nominee of his party unless and until he has received a majority of the votes cast for such office, except as hereinafter provided. If no candidate received such majority of the votes cast in the first primary, then the two (2) candidates who receive the highest number of votes cast for such office shall have their names submitted as such candidates to the second primary and the candidate who leads in such second primary shall be nominated for the office.
If the candidate who received the second highest number of votes cast for such office for any reason declines to enter the second primary, then in that event the candidate who received the third highest shall have his name submitted to the second primary, together with the candidate who received the highest number of votes cast for such office.
If the candidate who received the third highest number of votes cast for such office for any reason declines to enter the second primary, then in that event the candidate who received the fourth highest shall have his name submitted to the second primary, together with the candidate who received the highest number of votes cast for such office.
If no candidate will enter the second primary with the candidate who received the highest number of votes cast, then the candidate who received the highest number of votes cast in the first primary shall be declared the nominee of his party for such office.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-3-69 [Codes, 1942, § 3194; Laws, 1935, ch. 19; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 333]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 94, eff. 1/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-307 - Nomination as condition of being placed on general election ballot and holding office

The name of any candidate shall not be placed upon the official ballot in general elections as a party nominee who is not nominated as herein provided, and the election of any party nominee who shall be nominated otherwise than as provided in this chapter shall be void and he or she shall not be entitled to hold the office to which he or she may have been elected.
Derived from 1942 Code § 3156 [Codes, 1906, § 3721; Hemingway's 1917, § 6413; 1930, § 5909; repealed by Laws, 1970, ch. 506, § 33, and 1986, ch. 495, § 346]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 95, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 71, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-311 - Payment of municipal primary election expenses

All the expenses of printing the tickets, paying the poll managers, clerks and returning officer of a municipal primary election shall be paid by the municipality from the general funds thereof, but such officers of primary elections shall receive only such compensation as is authorized by law or ordinance to be paid poll managers, clerks and returning officer for like services rendered in the general elections held in the municipality.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-1-65 [Codes, 1930, § 5906; 1942, § 3153; Laws, 1970, ch. 506, § 19; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 331]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 97, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 73, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-315 - Publication of notice to public

The county executive committee chairman shall publish a copy of his call for a meeting in some newspaper published at least once per week in the municipality affected for three (3) weeks preceding the date set for the mass convention, or if there be no newspaper published in the municipality, then in some newspaper having general circulation in the municipality and by posting notices continuously in three (3) public places in the municipality, one (1) of which shall be city hall or be the regular location where the municipal governing authority meets to conduct business not less than three (3) weeks before the date for the mass convention.
Derived from 1942 Code § 3155 [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 6420; 1930, § 5908; Laws, 1910, ch. 209; repealed by Laws, 1970, ch. 506, § 33, and 1986, ch. 495, § 346]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 99; Laws, 2010, ch. 428, § 2, eff. 7/22/2010 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 391, HB 275, 2, eff. 8/1/2013 (the date that the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 11 - NOMINATIONS (§§ 23-15-291 — 23-15-319) › Section 23-15-319 - Applicability of chapter to municipal primary elections

All the provisions of this subarticle as far as practicable shall apply to and regulate primary elections for the nomination of elective municipal offices. Candidates for the nomination of such municipal offices shall file with the clerk of the city, village or town, the affidavits and reports required of candidates for party nominations to any county or county district office to be filed pursuant to this chapter.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-3-71 [Codes, 1942, § 3195; Laws, 1935, ch. 19; Laws, 1944, ch. 210; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 333]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 101, eff. 1/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 13 - BALLOTS (§§ 23-15-331 — 23-15-375) › Subarticle A - PRIMARY ELECTIONS (§§ 23-15-331 — 23-15-335) › Section 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.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-1-39 [Codes, 1906, § 3704; Hemingway's 1917, § 6396; 1930, § 5881; 1942, § 3123; Laws, 1970, ch. 506, § 6; Laws, 1978, ch. 391, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 401, § 4; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 331]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 102, eff. 1/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 13 - BALLOTS (§§ 23-15-331 — 23-15-375) › Subarticle B - OTHER ELECTIONS (§§ 23-15-351 — 23-15-375) › Section 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.
In the case of a statewide special election on the new design for the official Mississippi State Flag provided for in Section 2 of Chapter 427, Laws of 2020, the provisions of this article regarding the printing and distribution of the official ballots shall be governed by the provisions of Section 2(3) of Chapter 427, Laws of 2020.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-119 [Codes, 1892, § 3651; 1906, § 4158; Hemingway's 1917, § 6792; 1930, § 6224; 1942, § 3253; Laws, 1968, ch. 571, § 1; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 105; Laws, 2001, ch. 301, § 3, eff. 2/7/2001 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 427, HB 1796,§ 3, eff. 6/30/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 75, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 23 - ELECTIONS (§§ 23-NEW-NEW-001 — 23-17-61) › Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE (§§ 23-15-NEW — 23-15-1111) › Article 13 - BALLOTS (§§ 23-15-331 — 23-15-375) › Subarticle B - OTHER ELECTIONS (§§ 23-15-351 — 23-15-375) › Section 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.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-121 [Codes, 1892, § 3659; 1906, § 4166; Hemingway's 1917, § 6800; 1930, § 6225; 1942, § 3254; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 106, eff. 1/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 76, eff. 7/1/2017.