Mississippi Code
Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code
Article 3 - Voter Registration

Qualification of Electors

§ 23-15-11. Qualifications, generally - Every inhabitant of this state, except persons adjudicated to be...

§ 23-15-15. Documentation required of naturalized citizens - It shall be the duty of any person who has...

§ 23-15-17. Reporting and investigation of false registration - Any person who has reasonable cause to suspect that a...

§ 23-15-19. Persons convicted of certain crimes not to be registered - Any person who has been convicted of vote fraud or...

§ 23-15-21. Non-citizen not to register or vote - It shall be unlawful for any person who is not...

Procedures for Registration

§ 23-15-31. Elections to which subarticle applicable; duty, power and authority of certain election officials - All of the provisions of this subarticle shall be applicable,...

§ 23-15-43. Automatic review where person is not approved for registration - In the event an applicant is not registered, there shall...

§ 23-15-45. Notice to person denied registration - In the event that registration is denied pending automatic review...

§ 23-15-49. Change of voter registration information by elector on secured website - If any of the information does not match that on...

Appeals Upon Denial of Registration

§ 23-15-61. Appeal by person denied registration - Any person denied the right to register as a voter...

§ 23-15-63. Appeal by other elector of allowance of registration - Any elector of the county may likewise appeal from the...

§ 23-15-65. Determination of appeals at September meeting of board of election commissioners - The board of election commissioners shall meet at the courthouse...

§ 23-15-67. Determination of appeals at other meetings - The election commissioners of each county shall, at the meetings...

§ 23-15-69. Appeals heard de novo; finality of decisions - All cases on appeal shall be heard by the boards...

§ 23-15-71. Appeal from decision of commissioners - Any elector aggrieved by the decision of the commissioners shall...

§ 23-15-73. Duty of commissioners upon appeal - It shall be the duty of the commissioners, in case...

§ 23-15-75. Proceedings in circuit court - Should the judgment of the circuit court be in favor...

§ 23-15-77. Costs - The election commissioners shall not award costs in proceedings before...

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...

§ 23-15-93. Penalties - If any election commissioner or registrar shall refuse or neglect...

§ 23-15-95. Injunctive relief - In addition to the penalties set forth in Section 23-15-93,...

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...

§ 23-15-121. Loss or destruction of electronic voting record - Should the electronic voting record of any county as maintained...

§ 23-15-123. Confusion of registration books - If at any time the registration books of the county...

§ 23-15-125. Form of pollbooks - The pollbook of each voting precinct shall designate the voting...

§ 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...

§ 23-15-153. Revision of county voter roll by election commissioners; removal of voters from roll; amount and limitations of per diem payments to election commissioners; distribution of master voter roll to municipal registrars; certification of hour... - Except for the names of those voters who are duly...

§ 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...

Statewide Centralized Voter System

§ 23-15-163. Purpose of subarticle - The purposes of this subarticle are: To establish a centralized...

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...

§ 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...

§ 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...

§ 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 - Upon meeting the foregoing requirements, a county shall be reimbursed...

§ 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...

§ 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...