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Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-685 Distribution of absentee ballot materials upon application

⤴ Up to Subarticle B: Armed Services Absentee Voting Law

Statute Text

Within forty-five (45) days next prior to any election upon application first made to the registrar of the county by any absent voter as defined in this subarticle, such person shall be sent an absentee voter ballot of the county of which he is a citizen and resident. The registrar shall send to such absent voter a proper absentee voter ballot containing the names of all candidates who qualify or the proposition to be voted upon in such elections, and with such ballot there shall be sent an official envelope containing upon it in printed form the recitals and data hereinafter required.

Source

Derived from 1972 Code § 23-9-515 [Codes, 1942, § 3203-205; Laws, 1972, ch. 490, § 205; Laws, 1984, ch. 401, § 2; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 342]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 222; Laws, 2000 , ch. 519 , § 3 , eff. 8/7/2000 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).

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