Mississippi Advisory Opinions April 29, 1992: 19920429 (April 29, 1992)

Advisory Opinion Text

Thomas L. Stennis, Esquire

Attorney for Jackson County Board of Supervisors

Post Office Box 998

Pascagoula, Mississippi 39568

Re: APPOINTMENT OF POLLWORKERS

Dear Mr. Stennis:

Attorney General Mike Moore has received your letter of request and has assigned it to me for research and reply. Your letter states:

“Please refer to my letter of February 6, 1992, a copy of which is attached. I am in receipt of your opinion on the above reference matter, but I do find that I need further clarification.

Please provide me with your opinion on the following example:

If a voting precinct qualifies for six (6) managers to conduct an election, does this mean that this precinct is qualified for a total of six (6) managers to be split between the political parties fielding candidates, or would the precinct be entitled to six (6) managers for each party fielding candidates, i.e. six (6) managers for the democratic party and six (6) managers for the republican party, for a total of twelve (12) managers?”

Please see the enclosed copy of an opinion addressed to you dated February 19, 1992. In that opinion we assumed you were referring to the conduct of general or special elections to be conducted by the Jackson County Election Commission. As indicated in that opinion and in response to the specific example presented, it is the opinion of this office that the total of pollworkers authorized for a particular precinct (in this case 6) are to be split between the political parties as required by Mississippi Code Annotated § 23–15–231 (Revised 1990). Again, as stated in the prior opinion, each voting precinct may have as few as three (3) pollworkers.

Sincerely,

Mike Moore Attorney General.