Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-75 (2026)
Petitions must be signed personally by petitioners
✓ current as of July 2026
All petitions presented to any governing body of the State of Mississippi, or any of its subdivisions, or municipalities thereof, must be signed personally by each petitioner; otherwise, said signature shall not be counted as a valid signature of such petition.
Codes, 1942, § 707.5; Laws, 1966, ch. 559, § 1, eff. 3/17/1966.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1999–2014 · leading case: Ladner v. Necaise, 771 So. 2d 353 (Miss. 2000).
Ladner v. Necaise, 771 So. 2d 353 (Miss. 2000). “Miss.Code Ann. § 1-3-75 (1998) is contained in the general statutes of construction which are "applicable to every statute unless its general object, or the context of language construed, or other provisions of law indicate that a different meaning or application was intended.”
Election Comm'n of Edwards v. Wallace, 143 So. 3d 557 (Miss. 2014). “Because “many of the signatures looked the same,” because the Commissioners have “been trained” not to count signatures having the same appearance, and because “[n]one of [the individuals whose signatures were disqualified by the Commission] contested the disqualification of…”
J.T. Ladner v. Derek Necaise (Miss. 1999). “Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-75 (1998) is contained in the general statutes of construction which are "applicable to every statute unless its general object, or the context of language construed, or other provisions of law indicate that a different meaning or application was intended.”
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