Mississippi Advisory Opinions June 23, 1998: AGO 000012684 (June 23, 1998)
Collection: Mississippi Attorney General Opinions
Docket: AGO 000012684
Date: June 23, 1998
Advisory Opinion Text
AGO 000012684.
DOCK 1998-0375
AUTH Sandra Shelson
DATE 19980623
RQNM Wayne Myrick
SUBJ Elections - Ballots
SBCD 63-A
TEXTHonorable Wayne Myrick
Jones County Circuit Clerk
P.O. Box 1336
Laurel, Mississippi 39441
Dear Mr. Myrick:
Attorney General Mike Moore has received your request for an official opinion and has assigned it to me for research and reply. Your letter states:
Jones County will be conducting a county-wide special election on Tuesday, July 7, 1998.
As I understand, the Governor has declared July 6 as the Fourth of July Holiday, and our Jones County courthouse will also be closed that day.
Normally, the deadline for absentee balloting in the Clerk's office is the noon hour on Saturday prior to the Tuesday election.
Will we be required to be open on July 4 (Saturday) from 8 to noon in regard to this election? If not, then when would be the deadline for anyone voting absentee in the clerk's office?
It is the opinion of this office that the deadline for absentee balloting should be the Friday prior to the election on Tuesday since the Saturday before the election is a holiday.
If this office can be of any further assistance, please let us know.
Very truly yours,
MIKE MOORE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
By: Sandra Murphy Shelson
Special Assistant Attorney General
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