Mississippi Advisory Opinions June 02, 2006: No. 2006-00229 (June 2, 2006)

Collection: Mississippi Attorney General Opinions
Docket: No. 2006-00229
Date: June 2, 2006

Advisory Opinion Text

Mississippi Attorney General Opinions

2006.

Current through 2006 Legislative Session

No. 2006-00229.

DOCK 2006-00229

June 2, 2006

DOCN 000017084

DOCK 2006-00229

AUTH Reese Partridge

DATE 20060602

RQNM Paula Yancey

SUBJ Elections

SBCD 69-A

Paula S. Yancey, Esq. Board Attorney Jackson County Board of Supervisors Post Office Box 998 Pascagoula MS 39568-0998

Re: Pollworkers at closed polling places

Dear Ms. Yancey:

Attorney General Jim Hood has received your request for an official opinion and has assigned it to me for research and response. Your letter reads as follows:

The Jackson County Board of Supervisors requests an opinion regarding payment of pollworkers in the upcoming June 6, 2006, Democratic Primary.

Do Mississippi Code Annotated Sections 23-15-231 and 23- 15-235 provide authority for the Board of Supervisors to pay pollworkers to be placed at closed voting precincts in order to direct voters to a different voting location?

Response: No. However, Section 19-3-40 ("Home Rule") gives the Board of Supervisors the authority, in its discretion, to hire an individual to be at a closed polling place and give directions.

Please let me know if you would like to discuss this matter or if I can be of further assistance.

Sincerely,

JIM HOOD, ATTORNEY GENERAL

By: Reese Partridge

Special Assistant Attorney General