Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-11 (2026)

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Every inhabitant of this state, except persons adjudicated to be non compos mentis, who is a citizen of the United States of America, eighteen (18) years old and upwards, who has resided in this state for thirty (30) days and for thirty (30) days in the county in which he or she seeks to vote, and for thirty (30) days in the incorporated municipality in which he or she seeks to vote, and who has been duly registered as an elector under Section 23-15-33, and who has never been convicted of vote fraud or of any crime listed in Section 241, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, shall be a qualified elector in and for the county, municipality and voting precinct of his or her residence, and shall be entitled to vote at any election upon compliance with Section 23-15-563. If the thirtieth day to register before an election falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, the registration applications submitted on the business day immediately following the Sunday or legal holiday shall be accepted and entered in the Statewide Elections Management System for the purpose of enabling voters to vote in the next election. Any person who will be eighteen (18) years of age or older on or before the date of the general election and who is duly registered to vote not less than thirty (30) days before the primary election associated with the general election, may vote in the primary election even though the person has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday at the time that the person seeks to vote at the primary election. No others than those specified in this section shall be entitled, or shall be allowed, to vote at any election.

Derived from 1972 Code § 21-11-1 [Codes, 1892, § 3028; 1906, § 3433; Hemingway's 1917, § 5993; 1930, § 2595; 1942, § 3374-60; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 60; Laws, 1984, ch. 457, § 2; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 329], § 23-3-11 [Codes, 1942, § 3160; Laws, 1935, ch. 19; Laws, 1936, ch. 320; Laws, 1955 Ex ch. 100, § 2; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 333], and § 23-3-85 [Codes, 1892, § 3631; 1906, § 4138; Hemingway's 1917, § 6772; 1930, § 6207; 1942, § 3235; Laws, 1952, ch. 398, § 2; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 101; Laws, 1962, ch. 575; Laws, 1965 Ex Sess, ch. 18, § 1; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 2; Laws, 1997, ch. 315, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 430, § 2; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 10; Laws, 2012, ch. 517, § 1; Laws, 2012, ch. 526, § 4, eff. 8/5/2013 (the date of the United States Attorney General's response to the submission of this section under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) .

Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 171, eff. 7/1/2017.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1987–2025 · leading case: Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. v. Williams

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Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Williams, 623 So. 2d 1005 (Miss. 1993). · cites it 3× “§ 37-103-7 (1972); Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-11 (1972). [6] The majority might have a point if Williams had been given part-time custody as opposed to "reasonable visitation" rights, only, in the divorce decree (Williams did not even have the right to take Junior to spend the…”

Mississippi State Chapter, Operation Push v. Allain, 674 F. Supp. 1245 (N.D. Miss. 1987). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-11 (Spec. Pamph.1986).”

Smith v. Hollins, 905 So. 2d 1267 (Miss. 2005). · cites it 2× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 23-15-11 (Rev.2001). Alexander-Davis testified that she registered to vote approximately three weeks prior to the first primary, but she did register more than thirty days prior to the second primary.”

Monique Brooks Montgomery v. Democratic Exec. Comm., 969 So. 2d 1 (Miss. 2007). · cites it 4× “]” Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-299 (7) (Rev. 2001).”

McLaughlin v. City of Canton, Miss., 947 F. Supp. 954 (S.D. Miss. 1995). “Miss.Code Ann. § 23-15-11 provides: Eveiy inhabitant of this state .”

Edward Kirk Smith v. Richard Hollins (Miss. 2003). · cites it 2× “See Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-11 (Rev. 2001). Alexander-Davis testified that she registered to vote approximately three weeks prior to the first primary, but she did register more than thirty days prior to the second primary.”

Sheriel F. Perkins v. Carolyn McAdams (Miss. 2017). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-11 (Rev. 2015) (qualifying voter to vote in precinct of his or her residence); see also Miss.”

Vern Gavin v. Wanda Evers (Miss. 2025). “Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-575 (Rev. 2018); Miss.”

Jim Harreld v. Karl Banks (Miss. 2021). “]” Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-11 (Rev. 2018). If a voter moves to a different ward or precinct within the county, that voter is not disqualified to vote, but is entitled to have the registration moved to the new ward or precinct.”

In The Matter of The Petition of S.M.-B., A Minor for Change of Name By & Through Monica Lee McKay, Nat. Mother & Next Friend of Minor v. Mississippi State Bd. of Health (Miss. 2025). “While the Mississippi Legislature has not addressed the specific issue of a minor legally changing his or her name as part of a gender transition, the Legislature, through 6 Miss.”

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