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Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-251 Duties of poll manager designated to receive and distribute ballots

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Statute Text

The election commissioners, in appointing the poll managers of an election, shall designate one (1) of the poll managers at each voting place to receive and distribute the official ballots, and shall deliver to him or her the proper number of ballots for his or her district not less than one (1) day before the election; and the poll manager receiving the ballots from the election commissioners shall distribute the same to the electors of his or her district in the manner herein provided. It shall be the duty of the designated poll manager for service at a voting place other than the courthouse, to carry to that voting place, on the day before the election, or before 6:00 a.m. on the morning of the election, the ballot box, the pollbook, the blank tally sheets, the blank forms to be used in making returns, the other necessary stationery and supplies and the official printed ballots aforesaid, and all of the same used and unused shall be returned by the designated poll manager to the election commissioners on the day next following the election.

Source

Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-127 [Codes, 1892, § 3660; 1906, § 4167; Hemingway's 1917, § 6801; 1930, § 6228; 1942, § 3257; Laws, 1968, ch. 571, § 2; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 74, eff. 1/1/1987.

History

Amended by Laws, 2017 , ch. 441 , HB 467 , 58 , eff. 7/1/2017 .

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