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Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code
Article 1 - In General
§ 23-15-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 23-15-3. Definition of "ballot box." - For purposes of this chapter, the term "ballot box" includes...
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...
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...
§ 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...
Article 5 - Times of Primary and General Elections
Municipal Elections -
Other Elections
§ 23-15-191. Primary elections - The first primary shall be held on the first Tuesday...
§ 23-15-193. Officers to be elected at general state election - At the election in 1995, and every four (4) years...
§ 23-15-195. Elections to be by ballot in one day - All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and...
Article 7 - Election Officials
§ 23-15-211. Composition and duties of State Board of Election Commissioners; elections training seminar; certification of seminar participants; compensation of commissioners attending seminar; authorization by Secretary of State of additional traini... - Any two (2) of the members of the State Board...
§ 23-15-213. Election of county election commissioners - [From and after January 1, 2023, this section shall read...
§ 23-15-215. Performance by board of supervisors of election commissioners' duties - If there shall not be election commissioners in any county,...
§ 23-15-223. County registrar shall be circuit court clerk unless found improper; appointment of deputy registrars; liability of registrar for malfeasance or nonfeasance of deputy registrar; computer skills training course - The clerk of every municipality shall be appointed as such...
§ 23-15-225. Compensation of registrars - [Effective from and after January 1, 2020, this section will...
§ 23-15-229. Compensation of municipal poll managers and other workers - The compensation for poll managers and other workers in the...
§ 23-15-231. Appointment of poll managers; designation of bailiff - Before every election, the election commissioners shall appoint three (3)...
§ 23-15-233. Duties of poll managers - The poll managers shall take care that the election is...
§ 23-15-235. Appointment of additional poll managers - In addition to the poll managers appointed pursuant to Section...
§ 23-15-237. Oath of office for poll managers - The poll managers shall be sworn by some officer present...
§ 23-15-239. Mandatory training of poll managers; single, comprehensive poll manager training program; certified poll managers - [From and after January 1, 2020, this section shall read...
§ 23-15-241. Election bailiff to keep peace - The poll manager designated an election bailiff shall, in addition...
§ 23-15-243. Selection of election bailiff if none designated - If the election commissioners fail to designate a poll manager...
§ 23-15-245. Duties of election bailiff; polls to be open and clear - It shall be the duty of the poll manager designated...
§ 23-15-247. Ballot boxes - The election commissioners in each county shall procure, if not...
§ 23-15-249. Procedure when pollbooks or ballot boxes not distributed - The failure to distribute to the different voting places the...
§ 23-15-251. Duties of poll manager designated to receive and distribute ballots - The election commissioners, in appointing the poll managers of an...
§ 23-15-253. Poll managers to be furnished stationery and blank forms - The election commissioners shall furnish to the poll managers at...
§ 23-15-257. Duties of marshal or chief of police in municipal elections - The marshal or chief of police shall perform, in respect...
§ 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...
§ 23-15-261. Certification of service as poll managers - The election commissioners shall, after each election, make out a...
§ 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...
Article 9 - Supervisor's Districts and Voting Precincts
§ 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...
Article 11 - Nominations
§ 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...
§ 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...
§ 23-15-295. Withdrawal of candidate - When any person has qualified in the manner provided by...
§ 23-15-296. Written notification to Secretary of State - All political parties registered with the Secretary of State shall...
§ 23-15-297. Fee required to be paid upon entering race for party nomination - All candidates upon entering the race for party nominations for...
§ 23-15-301. Payment of election expenses - All the expenses of printing the tickets or primary election...
§ 23-15-303. Each political party or organization to hold independent primary election - When two (2) or more political parties or political organizations...
§ 23-15-305. Majority vote required for nomination; run-off elections - The candidate who received the majority number of votes cast...
§ 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...
§ 23-15-311. Payment of municipal primary election expenses - All the expenses of printing the tickets, paying the poll...
§ 23-15-315. Publication of notice to public - The county executive committee chairman shall publish a copy of...
§ 23-15-317. Nomination of nominee when vacancy in nomination occurs between primary election and general election; procedure for withdrawal based upon legitimate nonpolitical reason - If any person nominated for office in a primary election...
§ 23-15-319. Applicability of chapter to municipal primary elections - All the provisions of this subarticle as far as practicable...
Article 13 - Ballots
Primary elections
§ 23-15-331. Duties of state executive committee - It shall be the duty of the state executive committee...
§ 23-15-333. Duties of county executive committee; order in which titles of various offices and names of candidates are to be listed on the ballot - The order in which the titles for the various offices...
§ 23-15-351. Authority to print ballots; penalties - It shall be the duty of the chair of the...
§ 23-15-353. Sufficient ballots to be printed and distributed - The officer charged with printing and distributing the official ballot...
§ 23-15-355. Payment of ballot expenses - Ballots in all elections shall be printed and distributed at...
§ 23-15-357. Back and outside of ballot - On the back and outside of the ballot shall be...
§ 23-15-363. Names of candidates who have not duly withdrawn not omitted from ballot - After the proper officer has knowledge of or has been...
§ 23-15-367. Printing of official ballot generally; order in which titles of various offices are to be listed on the ballot; furnishing of sample of official ballot; alphabetical arrangement in primary elections - The order in which the titles for the various offices...
§ 23-15-371. Loss or destruction of official ballots - In case the official ballots prepared shall be lost or...
§ 23-15-373. Report regarding lost ballots - Within one (1) day after election day, the poll managers...
§ 23-15-375. Local issues - Local issue elections may be held on the same date...
Article 15 - Voting Systems
General Provisions
§ 23-15-391. Use of optical mark reading equipment or direct recording electronic voting equipment; use of paper ballot for special, municipal or runoff elections when determined to be less expensive - The board of supervisors of each county and the governing...
Electronic Voting Systems -
Optical Mark Reading Equipment
§ 23-15-503. Definitions - As used in this subarticle, unless otherwise specified: "Optimal mark...
§ 23-15-505. Authority to purchase or rent OMR equipment; applicable law - The board of supervisors of any county and the governing...
§ 23-15-507. Construction of OMR equipment - No OMR equipment shall be acquired or used in accordance...
§ 23-15-511. Form of ballots; posting of sample ballots; ballot security envelopes - The ballots shall, as far as practicable, be in the...
§ 23-15-515. Storage, maintenance, repair and preparation of equipment - The circuit clerk shall be the custodian of OMR equipment...
§ 23-15-517. Opening and closing polls; instructing voters; spoiled ballots - At least one (1) hour before the opening of the...
§ 23-15-519. Ballot accounting report; tamper-evident seals for ballot boxes; seal log; delivery of ballot box; return of records and supplies - The poll managers shall prepare a ballot accounting report that...
§ 23-15-521. Testing of OMR equipment - Before counting the ballots, the election commissioners, or their designees,...
Direct recording electronic voting equipment (DRE)
§ 23-15-531. Direct recording electronic voting equipment (DRE unit) defined - "Direct recording electronic voting equipment (DRE unit)" means a computer...
§ 23-15-531.2. Manner in which DRE units must be arranged at polling places - DRE units shall be arranged in the polling place in...
§ 23-15-531.12. Emergency paper ballots to be cast if DRE unit becomes inoperable - If for any reason any DRE unit shall become inoperable,...
Article 17 - Conduct of Elections
§ 23-15-543. Receipt booklet to be kept in polling place, except during adjournment, until enclosed in ballot box - The receipt booklet, mentioned in Section 23-15-541, shall not be...
§ 23-15-545. Entries in pollbook - At each election, at least one (1) poll manager shall...
§ 23-15-547. Electronic capture of voters' signatures; paper version may be generated after polls close - Instead of placing the signatures of voters in a paper...
§ 23-15-549. Assistance to voter - Any voter who declares to the poll managers of the...
§ 23-15-551. Marking and casting ballot; who may be present in polling room - On receiving his or her ballot, the voter shall go...
§ 23-15-553. Ballots not to be removed before close of polls; procedure regarding spoiled ballots when polls close - A person shall not take or remove any ballot from...
§ 23-15-557. Municipality's authority to establish precincts and polling places - The governing authorities of any municipality within the State of...
Affidavit Ballots and Challenged Ballots
§ 23-15-574. Modification of affidavit form by Secretary of State - If the enactment of any state or federal law shall...
§ 23-15-575. Who may vote in primary election - No person shall vote or attempt to vote in the...
§ 23-15-581. Closing polls, opening ballot box and counting votes - When the last qualified voter, who was standing in line...
Determining the Results of Elections
§ 23-15-591. Proclamation of results; sealing of ballot box - When the votes have been completely and correctly counted and...
§ 23-15-593. Irregularities in ballot box - When the ballot box is opened and examined by the...
§ 23-15-595. Procedure for sealing of ballot box; reopening and resealing - The box containing the ballots and other records required by...
§ 23-15-599. Tabulated statement of party vote - "I_______________ , Chairman of the_______________Party State Executive Committee, do hereby...
§ 23-15-600. Forms for reporting election returns - All forms to be prescribed by the Secretary of State...
§ 23-15-603. Delivery of returns to Secretary of State - "We, the undersigned election commissioners, do hereby certify that this...
§ 23-15-605. Ascertainment of vote and declaration of results by Secretary of State; determination of tie vote - The Secretary of State, immediately after receiving the returns of...
§ 23-15-607. Determination of election for judges of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals - "We, the undersigned election commissioners, do hereby certify that this...
§ 23-15-609. Determination of election in which city or county is entitled to separate representation in legislature - When a city or part of a county is entitled...
§ 23-15-611. Determination of municipal elections; show cause order may be issued for failure to transmit statement certifying names of persons elected - "We, the undersigned municipal election commissioners, do hereby certify that...
Article 19 - Absentee Ballots
Absentee Balloting Procedures Law
§ 23-15-621. Short title - The title of Sections 23-15-621 through 23-15-653 of this chapter...
§ 23-15-623. Application to absentee ballots authorized in Subarticles B, C, and D - All absentee ballots as authorized in Sections 23-15-671 through 23-15-697,...
§ 23-15-625. Duties of registrar relating to the provision and disbursement of absentee voting applications; request for application by person other than elector seeking to vote by absentee ballot; solicitation of absentee ballot applications for per... - As used in this subsection, "family member" means a spouse,...
§ 23-15-627. Distribution of absentee ballot application by registrar; request for absentee ballot application by certain persons on behalf of an elector; form of application - The registrar shall be responsible for furnishing an absentee ballot...
§ 23-15-631. Instructions to absent electors; instructions as constituting substantive law - Any notary public, United States postmaster, assistant United States postmaster,...
§ 23-15-633. Signatures of elector and attesting witness across flap of envelope - On any envelope where the elector's signature and the signature...
§ 23-15-635. Form of elector's certificate, attesting witness certification, and voter assistance certificate where county registrar is not attesting witness and voter is not absent voter as defined in the Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law - Click to view "ELECTOR'S CERTIFICATE STATE OF COUNTY OR PARISH...
§ 23-15-637. Timely casting of ballots - Absentee ballots received by mail, except presidential ballots as provided...
§ 23-15-639. Examination of absentee ballots at close of polls; counting of ballots - When there is a conflict between an electronic voting system...
§ 23-15-643. Examination of affidavits; challenges - If an affidavit is required, the appropriate election officials shall...
§ 23-15-645. Preservation of materials relative to absentee voters; return of materials to registrar - After the votes have been counted the officials shall preserve...
§ 23-15-647. Disposition of absentee ballots received after applicable deadlines - The registrar shall keep safely and unopened all official absentee...
§ 23-15-649. Preparation and printing of absentee voter ballots - For all elections, there shall be prepared and printed by...
§ 23-15-651. Announcement of results of vote by absentee balloting - The results of the vote by absentee balloting shall be...
§ 23-15-653. Hours of registrars' offices on two Saturdays prior to each election - All registrars' offices shall remain open until noon on the...
§ 23-15-657. Requests for absentee ballots by telephone - The registrar is authorized to accept requests for absentee ballots...
Armed Services Absentee Voting Law
§ 23-15-671. Short title - The title of Sections 23-15-671 through 23-15-697 shall be the...
§ 23-15-675. Right of absentees to vote - Any absent voter, as defined in Section 23-15-673, who is...
§ 23-15-679. Preparation and printing of absentee voter ballots - The official absentee voter ballots shall be prepared and printed...
§ 23-15-681. Absentee ballot envelopes - Except as otherwise provided in this subarticle, all official absentee...
§ 23-15-683. Preparation and distribution of ballots for first and second elections; ascertainment by absent voters of candidates in second election - In any elections, as soon as the deadline for the...
§ 23-15-685. Distribution of absentee ballot materials upon application - Within forty-five (45) days next prior to any election upon...
§ 23-15-691. Prompt distribution of absentee ballot materials; separation of envelope and other materials; instructions as to notation on envelope and use of ink or indelible pencil - As soon as possible after the printing of the official...
§ 23-15-693. Completion of declaration specified in federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act - The absent voter, upon receipt of the absentee ballot, shall...
§ 23-15-697. Mailing of envelope to registrar - When the absentee ballot has been voted and the envelope...
Absentee Voter Law
§ 23-15-711. Short title - The title of Sections 23-15-711 through 23-15-721 shall be the...
§ 23-15-713. Electors qualified to vote as absentees - For the purpose of this subarticle, any duly qualified elector...
§ 23-15-715. Applications for absentee ballots - Any elector desiring an absentee ballot as provided in this...
§ 23-15-717. Completion of application forms - Any elector enumerated in Section 23-15-713 applying for an absentee...
§ 23-15-719. Delivery of ballots to applicant; completion of ballots; affidavit; delivery of ballots to registrar - After he has sealed the envelope, he shall subscribe and...
Provision Applicable to Presidential Election
§ 23-15-731. General provisions - Any presidential absentee ballots received by the registrar subsequent to...
§ 23-15-733. Disposition of ballots received after election - The registrar shall keep safely and unopened all official presidential...
§ 23-15-735. Delivery of absentee ballots to voters in person - Absentee ballots shall not be delivered in person to an...
§ 23-15-751. Penalties for offenses by registrar or commissioner of elections or officers taking affidavits - If any registrar or commissioner of elections shall refuse or...
§ 23-15-755. Applicability of Sections 23-15-621 through 23-15-735 - All of the provisions of Sections 23-15-621 through 23-15-735 shall...
Article 21 - Presidential and Vice-Presidential Electors
Selection of Presidential Electors by Political Parties
§ 23-15-771. Selection of electors at state convention for place on primary election ballot - At the state convention, a slate of electors composed of...
Selection of Presidential Electors at General Election
§ 23-15-781. Selection of electors of President and Vice-President by qualified electors of state at large - The number of electors of President and Vice-President of the...
§ 23-15-783. Applicability of laws regulating general elections - The laws regulating the general elections shall in all respects...
§ 23-15-787. Notification of persons elected - The Secretary of State shall, immediately after ascertaining the result,...
§ 23-15-789. Meeting of electors; voting; appointments to fill vacancies - The electors chosen shall meet at the seat of government...
§ 23-15-791. Allowance to electors for travel and for attendance - Each elector shall be allowed the sum of Four Dollars...
Article 23 - Disclosure of Campaign Finances
§ 23-15-801. Definitions - "Election" means a general, special, primary or runoff election. "Candidate"...
§ 23-15-805. Filing of reports; public inspection and preservation of reports - Candidates for state, state district, and legislative district offices, and...
§ 23-15-807. Reporting requirements; contributions and disbursements of candidates and political committees - Each candidate or political committee shall file reports of contributions...
§ 23-15-809. Statements by persons other than political committees; filing; indices of expenditures - Every person who makes independent expenditures in an aggregate amount...
§ 23-15-811. Penalties - Any candidate or any other person who willfully violates the...
§ 23-15-813. Civil penalty for failure to file campaign finance disclosure report; notice to candidate of failure to file; assessment of penalty by Mississippi Ethics Commission; hearing; appeal - In addition to any other penalty permitted by law, the...
§ 23-15-815. Administrative provisions; duties of Secretary of State - The Secretary of State shall prescribe and make available forms...
§ 23-15-817. Compilation and dissemination of list of candidates failing to meet filing requirements - The Secretary of State shall compile a list of all...
§ 23-15-821. Personal use of campaign contributions by elected public officeholders or candidates for public office prohibited; definitions; disposition of unused funds; penalties - All advisory opinions issued pursuant to the provisions of this...
Article 25 - Vacancies in Office
§ 23-15-831. Appointments by Governor to fill vacancies in state or state district elected offices other than in Legislature - When a vacancy other than in the Legislature occurs by...
§ 23-15-832. Notice to Secretary of State of vacancy in office for which special election is required to be called to fill - When a vacancy shall occur in an elective office for...
§ 23-15-833. Special elections to fill vacancies in county, county district, and district attorney offices, and office of circuit judge or chancellor - Except as otherwise provided by law, the first Tuesday after...
§ 23-15-835. Notice of special election for county or county district office; election procedures - The election commissioners of the several counties to whom the...
§ 23-15-843. Special elections to fill vacancies in office of district attorney; emergency appointments - In case of death, resignation or vacancy from any cause...
§ 23-15-853. Special elections to fill vacancies in representation in Congress; notice; qualification by candidates - There shall be attached to each petition above provided for,...
§ 23-15-857. Appointments to fill vacancies in elective offices in cities, towns, or villages; elections to fill such offices; procedure where no person or only one person has qualified as candidate - Notice of the election shall be given by the municipal...
§ 23-15-859. Date of special municipal election; notice - Whenever under any statute a special election is required or...
Article 27 - Regulation of Elections
§ 23-15-874. Prohibition against use of court personnel in judicial campaigns; violations - A candidate for judicial office shall not use court administrators,...
§ 23-15-875. Prohibitions against charges with respect to integrity of candidate - No person, including a candidate, shall publicly or privately make,...
§ 23-15-877. Prohibitions against newspaper editorials and stories with respect to integrity of candidate; newspaper's obligation to print reply; liability for damages - If during any election campaign in Mississippi any newspaper either...
§ 23-15-879. Exemption of newspapers and other publications from requirements as to subscription of printed matter - Section 23-15-897 shall not apply to editorials, original or copies,...
§ 23-15-881. Prohibitions against excessive expenditures or hiring of workers for state highways or public roads; maintenance of records - It shall be unlawful for the Mississippi Transportation Commission or...
§ 23-15-883. Exceptions to prohibitions with respect to state highway or public road expenditures or employment - The restriction imposed upon the Mississippi Transportation Commission and the...
§ 23-15-885. Prohibitions against excessive expenditures or hiring of workers for streets of municipalities - The restrictions imposed in Sections 23-15-881 and 23-15-883 shall likewise...
§ 23-15-887. Penalties for violation of chapter by member of Mississippi Transportation Commission, member of board of supervisors, or mayor or member of board of aldermen or other governing authority of municipality - If any member of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, and any...
§ 23-15-889. Prohibitions against buying or selling vote or offering to do so; penalties - It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or...
§ 23-15-891. Prohibition against provision of free services or services at reduced rates by common carriers, Internet service providers, or telephone companies; requirement of sworn statement - No common carrier, Internet service provider or telephone company shall...
§ 23-15-895. Prohibition against distribution of campaign material within 150 feet of polling place; prohibition against appearance of certain persons at polling place while armed, uniformed, or displaying badge or credentials; enforcement - No candidate for an elective office, or any representative of...
§ 23-15-901. Electors' privilege from arrest - Electors shall in all cases other than those of treason,...
§ 23-15-903. Procedure for filing complaint of violation of election law - In addition to any other procedure provided by law, any...
Article 29 - Election Contests
§ 23-15-913. Judges to be available to hear and resolve election day disputes - The judges listed and selected to hear election disputes, as...
Contests of Primary Elections
§ 23-15-921. Nominations to county or county district offices, etc.; petition, notice of contest, investigation, and determination - Except as otherwise provided by Section 23-15-961, a person desiring...
§ 23-15-923. Nominations with respect to state, congressional, and judicial districts, etc.; investigation, findings, and declaration of nominee - Except as otherwise provided in Section 23-15-961, a person desiring...
§ 23-15-925. Power of committee to subpoena and to attach witnesses - For the proper enforcement of the preceding sections the committee...
§ 23-15-927. Filing of protest and petition in circuit court in event of unreasonable delay by committee; requirement of certificate and cost bond; suspension of committee's order - When and after any contest has been filed with the...
§ 23-15-929. Designation of circuit judge or retired judge on senior status to determine contest; notice; answer and cross-complaint - Upon the filing of the petition and bond as provided...
§ 23-15-931. Issuance of subpoenas and summonses by circuit clerk prior to hearing; assistance by, and findings of, election commissioners; entry of judgment by trial judge - When the day for the hearing has been set, the...
§ 23-15-933. Appeal from judgment; restrictions upon review of findings of fact - The contestant or contestee, or both, may file an appeal...
§ 23-15-935. Attendance or absence of election commissioners at hearing - The trial judge shall have the same power to compel...
§ 23-15-937. Transfer of hearing; requirement of prompt adjudication; circumstances requiring special election - If more than one (1) county is involved in a...
§ 23-15-939. Payment of traveling expenses of judge or chancellor; compensation of election commissioners - The reasonable traveling expenses of the judge or chancellor shall...
§ 23-15-941. Willful violation of election statute constituting criminal offense; issuance of arrest warrant; delivery of papers to grand jury foreman - If upon the hearing of a primary election contest or...
Contests of Other Elections
§ 23-15-951. Filing of petition; designation of judges to hear election contests; trial by, and verdict of, jury; assumption of office - Except as otherwise provided by Section 23-15-955 or 23-15-961, a...
§ 23-15-953. Proceedings with respect to petition filed more than forty days before term of circuit court next after contested election - If the petition shall be filed more than forty (40)...
§ 23-15-955. Proceedings with respect to election of member of Senate or House of Representatives - Except as otherwise provided by Section 23-15-961, the person contesting...
§ 23-15-957. Power to compel attendance of witnesses and production of documents - Each house of the Legislature, the Clerk of the House...
Contests of Qualifications of Candidates -
Article 31 - Judicial Offices
§ 23-15-973. Opportunities for candidates to address people during court terms; restrictions with respect to political affiliations; penalties for violations - It shall be the duty of the judges of the...
§ 23-15-974. Nonpartisan Judicial Election Act; short title - Sections 23-15-974 through 23-15-985 of this subarticle shall be known...
§ 23-15-975. "Judicial office" defined; positions deemed positions as full-time positions; prohibition against practice of law - As used in Sections 23-15-974 through 23-15-985 of this subarticle,...
§ 23-15-976. Judicial office deemed nonpartisan office; candidate for judicial office prohibited from campaigning or qualifying for office based on party affiliation; prohibition on political party fund-raising, campaigning, or contributions on behal... - A judicial office is a nonpartisan office and a candidate...
§ 23-15-977. Filing of intent to be candidate and fees by candidates for judicial office; notification of county commissioners of filings; procedures to be followed if there is only one candidate who becomes disqualified from holding judicial office... - Candidates for judicial office may not file their intent to...
§ 23-15-977.1. Signing oath to abide by election laws - Simultaneously with filing the required documents to seek election for...
§ 23-15-978. Placement of names of candidates for judicial office should appear on ballot - The names of candidates for judicial office which appear on...
§ 23-15-979. Order for listing on ballot of names of candidates for judicial office; references to political party affiliation - The names of all candidates for judicial office shall be...
§ 23-15-980. Listing of unopposed candidates for judicial office on general election ballot - The name of an unopposed candidate for judicial office shall...
§ 23-15-981. Two or more candidates qualify for judicial office; majority vote wins; runoff election - If two (2) or more candidates qualify for judicial office,...
§ 23-15-985. Electors qualified to vote for candidates for nomination for judicial office - In any election for judicial office, all qualified electors, regardless...
Supreme Court Judgeships
§ 23-15-991. Term of office; elections - The term of office of judges of the Supreme Court...
§ 23-15-993. Each of judgeships deemed separate office; designation of positions for offices - For the purpose of all elections, each of the nine...
§ 23-15-994. Elections for judge of Court of Appeals to be as prescribed in Section 9-4-1 et seq - Elections for the office of judge of the Court of...
§ 23-15-995. Applicability to election of general laws for election of state officers - Except as may be otherwise provided by the provisions of...
Circuit Court Judges and Chancellors
§ 23-15-1011. Time of taking office; term of office - Circuit court judges and chancery court judges so elected shall...
§ 23-15-1015. Dates of elections; applicability to elections of laws regulating general elections - On Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1986, and...
Campaign Financing
§ 23-15-1021. Limitations on contributions - It shall be unlawful for any individual or political action...
§ 23-15-1023. Disclosure of campaign finances - Judicial candidates shall disclose the identity of any individual or...
§ 23-15-1025. Distribution of campaign materials - If any material is distributed by a judicial candidate or...
Article 33 - Members of Congress
§ 23-15-1031. Dates of primary elections for congressmen; nomination of candidates for U.S. Senator; certification of vote for U.S. Senator - Except as provided by Section 23-15-1081, the first primary election...
§ 23-15-1033. Election of representatives in Congress by districts; issuance of commissions by Governor - Representatives in the Congress of the United States shall be...
§ 23-15-1035. Qualifications of representatives in Congress - Each congressional district shall be entitled to one (1) representative,...
§ 23-15-1037. Division of state into five congressional districts - FIRST DISTRICT.- The First Congressional District shall be composed of...
§ 23-15-1039. Election of representatives in Congress in event of change in number of representatives to which state is entitled - Should an election of representatives in Congress occur after the...
§ 23-15-1041. Election of U.S. Senators by qualified electors of Mississippi; issuance of commissions by Governor - There shall be elected, by the qualified electors of Mississippi,...
Article 35 - Political Parties
§ 23-15-1051. Performance of duties by State Executive Committee; qualification of candidates with State Executive Committee - All duties in regard to senatorial or other districts of...
§ 23-15-1053. Methods and procedures for selection of county and state executive committees - Subject to federal law and national party rules, the State...
§ 23-15-1055. Methods and procedures for selection of delegates and delegate alternates to national nominating conventions - The state executive committee of each political party shall determine...
§ 23-15-1063. Prohibition against participation in elections or primaries by political parties not duly organized and registered - No political party in the State of Mississippi shall conduct...
§ 23-15-1065. Misrepresentation as to office in, or nomination by, political party; penalties - A person shall be barred from participating in any primary...
§ 23-15-1067. General prohibitions; injunctions - It shall be unlawful for any person or group of...
§ 23-15-1069. Provisions applicable to all registered political parties - The provisions of Sections 23-15-771 and 23-15-1053 shall be applicable...
Article 37 - Mississippi Presidential Preference Primary and Delegate Selection
§ 23-15-1081. Presidential preference primaries; electors to vote in primary of only one party - A presidential preference primary may be held on the second...
§ 23-15-1083. Presidential preference primaries and first congressional primaries to be held on same day; second congressional primaries to be held three weeks thereafter - Beginning in 1988, as an alternative to the congressional primary...
§ 23-15-1085. Notice of party's intention to hold presidential preference primary; issuance of proclamation by Secretary of State - The chairman of a party's State Executive Committee shall notify...
§ 23-15-1087. Applicability of law regulating primary and general elections - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the laws regulating...
§ 23-15-1089. Candidates whose names shall be placed on ballot; announcement of names by Secretary of State - The Secretary of State shall place the name of a...
§ 23-15-1091. Notification of candidates by Secretary of State - When the Secretary of State places the name of a...
§ 23-15-1095. Withdrawal of candidate - A candidate's name shall be printed on the appropriate primary...
§ 23-15-1097. Payment of expenses; compensation of election officials - All expenses of the presidential preference primary election, which are...
Article 39 - Repeal of Prior Election Laws
§ 23-15-1111. Repeal of laws in conflict with Chapter 15 - All election laws in conflict with the provisions of this...
Chapter 17 - Amendments to Constitution by Voter Initiative
§ 23-17-1. Procedures by which qualified electors may initiate proposed amendments to the constitution - "Measure" means an amendment to the Mississippi Constitution proposed by...
§ 23-17-3. Time for filing petition; length of time petition remains valid - The petition for a proposed initiative measure must be filed...
§ 23-17-5. Submission of proposed initiative to Attorney General; review; recommendations; certificate of review; filing of proposed initiative and certificate - Upon receipt of any proposed initiative measure, the Secretary of...
§ 23-17-7. Assignment of serial number; designation as "Initiative Measure No. _________ ." - The Secretary of State shall give a serial number to...
§ 23-17-8. Correction of certain nonsubstantive clerical or technical errors in the section number reference or designation of a proposed constitutional amendment - When an amendment to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 is...
§ 23-17-9. Formulation of ballot title and summary of initiative measure - Within seven (7) calendar days after the receipt of an...
§ 23-17-11. Notice of ballot title and summary to initiator; publication of title and summary - Upon the filing of the ballot title and summary for...
§ 23-17-13. Procedure for appeal of title and summary - If any person is dissatisfied with the ballot title or...
§ 23-17-15. Filing of instrument establishing title and summary of measure; notice to initiator; title and summary to be used in all proceedings - When the ballot title and summary are finally established, the...
§ 23-17-19. Secretary of State to design petitions; form of petitions - The Secretary of State shall design the form each sheet...
§ 23-17-21. Certification of petition by the circuit clerk; fee for filing petition - Before a person may file a petition with the Secretary...
§ 23-17-23. Grounds for refusing to file initiative petition - The Secretary of State shall refuse to file any initiative...
§ 23-17-25. Procedure to compel Secretary of State to file petition - If the Secretary of State refuses to file an initiative...
§ 23-17-27. Failure to appeal, or loss of appeal of, Secretary's refusal to file petition - If no appeal is taken from the refusal of the...
§ 23-17-29. Filing petition with Legislature; adoption, amendment, or rejection of initiative; placement of initiative on ballot; approval of conflicting initiatives - The Secretary of State shall file with the Clerk of...
§ 23-17-33. Ballot title and summary for alternative measures - For a measure designated by him as "Alternative Measure No._______________A,"...
§ 23-17-35. Form of initiative measure as appearing on ballot - Except in the case of alternative voting on a measure...
§ 23-17-37. Voting for initiative when legislative alternative proposed; form of initiative measure and Legislative alternative as appearing on ballot - If an initiative measure proposed to the Legislature has been...
§ 23-17-39. Limit of how many initiative proposals may be submitted to voters on single ballot - No more than five (5) initiative proposals shall be submitted...
§ 23-17-41. Effective date of initiative which is approved - An initiative approved by the electors shall take effect thirty...
§ 23-17-43. Time limit for resubmitting initiative rejected by voters - If any amendment to the Constitution proposed by initiative petition...
§ 23-17-47. Definitions applicable to §§ 23-17-47 through 23-17-59 - For the purposes of Sections 23-17-47 through 23-17-59, the following...
§ 23-17-49. Statement of organization of political committees; when to file; contents of statement; changes in statement - Any change in information previously submitted in a statement of...
§ 23-17-53. Content of financial reports - A financial report of a political committee, or an individual...
§ 23-17-55. Required distance from polling place for distributing or posting material concerning initiative measure - It is unlawful for any person to distribute or post...
§ 23-17-59. Unlawful to interfere with or influence vote of elector - It is unlawful for a person to interfere with or...
§ 23-17-60. Removal of name from initiative petition due to fraud or coercion - Any person who alleges that his or her signature on...
§ 23-17-61. Penalties for violating §§ 23-17-49 through 23-17-59 - Any violation of Sections 23-17-49 through 23-17-59 is punishable by...