Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-266 Executive committee authorized to enter into agreements regarding conduct of elections if certain criteria met

Statute Text

A county or municipal executive committee shall be eligible to enter into written agreements with a circuit or municipal clerk or a county or municipal election commission as provided for in Section 23-15-239 (2) , 23-15-265 (2) , 23-15-267 (4) , 23-15-333 (4) , 23-15-335 (2) or 23-15-597 (2) , only if the political party with which such county or municipal executive committee is affiliated:

(a) Has cast for its candidate for Governor in the last two (2) gubernatorial elections ten percent (10%) of the total vote cast for governor; or

(b) Has cast for its candidate for Governor in three (3) of the last five (5) gubernatorial elections twenty-five percent (25%) of the total vote cast for Governor.

Source

Laws, 2001 , ch. 523 , § 1 , eff. 6/20/2001 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,).

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