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Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-227 Compensation of poll managers

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Statute Text

(1) The poll managers shall be each entitled to One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00) for each election; however, the board of supervisors may, in its discretion, pay the poll managers an additional amount not to exceed Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) per election.
(2) The poll manager who shall carry to the place of voting, away from the courthouse, the official ballots, ballot boxes, pollbooks and other necessities, shall be allowed up to Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each voting precinct for so doing. The poll manager who acts as returning officer shall be allowed up to Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each voting precinct for that service. If a person who performs the duties described in this subsection uses a privately owned motor vehicle to perform them, he or she shall receive for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in excess of ten (10) miles, the mileage reimbursement rate allowable to federal employees for the use of a privately owned vehicle while on official travel.
(3) The compensation authorized in this section shall be allowed by the board of supervisors, and shall be payable out of the county treasury.
(4) The compensation provided in this section shall constitute payment in full for the services rendered by the persons named for any election, whether there be one (1) election or issue voted upon, or more than one (1) election or issue voted upon at the same time.
(5) The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to ensure the safety of poll managers, election commissioners, electors and their families at the voting precincts during a COVID-19 public health risk or other public health risk declared by the Governor where the appearance of such persons may result in exposure to such risk or the exposure of other persons to such risk.

Source

Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-183 [Codes, 1892, § 3706; 1906, § 4213; Hemingway's 1917, § 6849; 1930, § 6257; 1942, § 3286; Laws, 1932, ch. 298; Laws, 1938, ch. 306; Laws, 1950, ch. 281; Laws, 1960, ch. 452, § 1; Laws, 1966 ch. 614, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 511, § 1; Laws, 1973, ch. 401 § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 497, § 2; Laws, 1979, ch. 487, § 3; Laws, 1983, ch. 510; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 62; Laws, 1987, ch. 499, § 16; Laws, 1988 ch. 402, § 1; Laws, 1995, ch. 446, § 1; Laws, 2007 , ch. 434 , § 5 , eff. 6/15/2007 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).

History

Amended by Laws, 2023 , ch. 489 , SB 2353 , § 1 , eff. 7/1/2023 .

Amended by Laws, 2020 , ch. 460 , HB 824 , § 2 , eff. 7/1/2020 .

Amended by Laws, 2017 , ch. 441 , HB 467 , 45 , eff. 7/1/2017 .

Brought forward without change by Laws, 2016 , ch. 326 , HB 137 , 5 , eff. 7/1/2016 .

Amended by Laws, 2013 , ch. 366 , SB 2239 , 1 , eff. 7/17/2013 (the date that the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).

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