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Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-31 (2026)

Elections to which subarticle applicable; duty, power and authority of certain election officials

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All of the provisions of this subarticle shall be applicable, insofar as possible, to municipal, primary, general and special elections; and wherever therein any duty is imposed or any power or authority is conferred upon the county registrar, county election commissioners or county executive committee with reference to a state and county election, such duty shall likewise be conferred upon the municipal registrar, municipal election commission or municipal executive committee with reference to any municipal election.

Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-313 [Codes, 1942, § 3203-603; Laws, 1972, ch. 490, § 603; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 337]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 8; Laws of 1993, ch. 528, § 18, eff. 8/16/1993 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).

Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 6, eff. 7/1/2017.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1992–1995 · leading case: McLaughlin v. City of Canton, Miss., 947 F. Supp. 954 (S.D. Miss. 1995).
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McLaughlin v. City of Canton, Miss., 947 F. Supp. 954 (S.D. Miss. 1995). · cites it 2× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 23-15-31; 17 see also Miss.”
Stringer v. Lucas, 608 So. 2d 1351 (Miss. 1992). “; Miss. Code Ann. §§ 23-15-31 and -35 (1972).”
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