Skip to main content

Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-599 Tabulated statement of party vote

⤴ Up to Subarticle C: Determining the Results of Elections

Statute Text

(1)
(a) Within ten (10) days after the first primary election and within ten (10) days after the second primary election, if any, the Chairman of the State Executive Committee shall transmit to the Secretary of State a tabulated statement of the party vote cast in each county and precinct in each county in each state and state district election, and each legislative election for districts consisting of more than one (1) county or parts of more than one (1) county. The statement shall be transmitted by the State Executive Committee on such forms and by such methods as may be required by rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of State. The statement shall be filed by the Secretary of State and preserved among the records of his office.
(b) The statement provided for in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall contain a certification signed and dated by the Chairman of the State Executive Committee, which shall read as follows:
"I ____________________, Chairman of the ____________________ Party State Executive Committee, do hereby certify that, on a majority vote of the ____________________ Party State Executive Committee, these vote totals for each county and for each candidate are the official vote totals for the election reflected therein."
(2)
(a) Within ten (10) days after the first primary election and within ten (10) days after the second primary election, if any, the county executive committee shall transmit to the Secretary of State a tabulated statement of the party vote cast in their county and each precinct in their county in each election for county and county district office and each election for legislative office for districts containing one (1) county or less. The statement shall be transmitted by the county executive committee on such forms and by such methods as may be required by rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of State. The statement shall be filed by the Secretary of State and preserved among the records of his office.
(b) The statement provided for in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall contain a certification signed and dated by the majority of the members of the county executive committee, which shall read as follows:
"We, the undersigned members of the county executive committee, do hereby certify that these vote totals for each candidate are the official vote totals for the election reflected therein."

Source

Derived from 1942 Code § 3146 [Codes, 1905, § 3724; Hemingway's 1917, § 9415; 1930, § 5899; repealed by Laws, 1970, ch. 506, § 33, and 1986, ch. 495, § 346]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 191; Laws, 2002 , ch. 534 , § 2, eff. 7/29/2002 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).

Explore Related Documents

This section contains links to related documents with the same tags to allow you quickly access other relevant legal materials. These links include document types and counts, enabling you to explore similar content efficiently.