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Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-237 Oath of office for poll managers

⤴ Up to Article 7: Election Officials

Statute Text

The poll managers shall be sworn by some officer present competent to administer oaths, or each may be sworn by one of the others, faithfully to perform their duties at the election according to law, and not to attempt to guide, aid, direct or influence any voter in the exercise of his or her right to vote, except as expressly allowed by law. The oath required by this section shall be recorded in the receipt book and signed by each poll manager.

Source

Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-103 [Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 7, art 5 (4); 1857, ch. 4, art 7; 1871, § 369; 1880, § 135; 1892, § 3645; 1906, § 4152; Hemingway's 1917, § 6786; 1930, § 6216; 1942, § 3245; Laws, 1980, ch. 486, § 2; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 67, eff. 1/1/1987.

History

Amended by Laws, 2017 , ch. 441 , HB 467 , 50 , eff. 7/1/2017 .

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