Mississippi Advisory Opinions February 01, 1995: AGO 94-0872 (February 01, 1995)
Collection: Mississippi Attorney General Opinions
Docket: AGO 94-0872
Date: Feb. 1, 1995
Advisory Opinion Text
Christopher D. Hemphill, Esquire
Attorney for Noxubee County Board of Supervisors
Post Office Drawer 866
Columbus, Mississippi 38703-0866
Re: Number of Poll Workers
Dear Mr. Hemphill:
Attorney General Mike Moore has received your letter of request and has assigned it to me for research and reply. Your letter states:
“I am writing as Board Attorney for the Noxubee County Board of Supervisors to request an opinion on the following issue dealing with elections:
How many election workers are required by law to be assigned to each voting table during a general election?â€
In response to your question, Mississippi Code Annotated, Section 23-15-231 (Revised 1990) provides in part:
“Prior to every election, the commissioners of election shall appoint three (3) persons for each voting precinct to be managers of the election, ....†(emphasis ours)
Section 23-15-235 provides authority for the commissioners of election to appoint additional poll workers based on the number of registered voters in a particular precinct.
We do not find any statutory requirement as to how many workers are to be assigned to each “voting tableâ€.
Sincerely,
Mike Moore, Attorney General.
Phil Carter, Assistant Attorney General.