If an affidavit is required, the appropriate election officials shall examine the affidavit of each absentee ballot envelope. If the officials are satisfied that the affidavit is sufficient and that the absentee voter is otherwise qualified to vote, an official shall announce the name of the voter and shall give any person present an opportunity to challenge in like manner and for the same cause as the voter could have been challenged had he presented himself personally in such precinct to vote. The ineligibility of the voter to vote by absentee ballot shall be a ground for a challenge. Also, the officials shall consider any absentee voter challenged when a person has previously filed a written challenge of such voter's right to vote. The election officials shall handle any such challenge in the same manner as other challenged ballots are handled.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code
Absentee Balloting Procedures Law
§ 23-15-623. Application to absentee ballots authorized in Subarticles B, C, and D
§ 23-15-631. Instructions to absent electors; instructions as constituting substantive law
§ 23-15-633. Signatures of elector and attesting witness across flap of envelope
§ 23-15-637. Timely casting of ballots
§ 23-15-639. Examination of absentee ballots at close of polls; counting of ballots
§ 23-15-643. Examination of affidavits; challenges
§ 23-15-645. Preservation of materials relative to absentee voters; return of materials to registrar
§ 23-15-647. Disposition of absentee ballots received after applicable deadlines
§ 23-15-649. Preparation and printing of absentee voter ballots
§ 23-15-651. Announcement of results of vote by absentee balloting
§ 23-15-653. Hours of registrars' offices on two Saturdays prior to each election