The removal petition shall be in substantially the following form:
REMOVAL PETITION (WARNING.-It is a misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment, for any person to sign any removal petition with any name other than his own, or knowingly to sign his name more than once to such petition, or knowingly to sign such petition when he is not a qualified elector.) Date: TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: We, the undersigned qualified electors of County, State of Mississippi, respectfully demand that , holding the office of in said county, be removed from office by the governor for the following reasons, to wit: (Setting out the reasons for removal in not more than two hundred words); that a special election, after lawful notice, be called to permit the qualified electors of said county to vote on the question of whether or not the said officer shall be removed; That we each for himself say that: I am a qualified elector of said county, and my voting precinct is correctly written after my name, and that it was stated to me prior to the signing of said petition that after signing the same I would not be permitted to remove my name from said petition.
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Structure Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
Chapter 5 - Removals From Office
§ 25-5-1. Removals from office
§ 25-5-3. Governor empowered to remove elective county officials
§ 25-5-11. Signing of petition
§ 25-5-13. Verification of petition
§ 25-5-15. Certification of county registrar
§ 25-5-17. Contested status of signator determined by Governor
§ 25-5-19. Examination of petition by election commissioners
§ 25-5-25. Judgment of council
§ 25-5-27. Resignation of officer
§ 25-5-29. Conduct of election