No candidate for an elective office, or any representative of such candidate, and no proponent or opponent of any constitutional amendment, local issue or other measure printed on the ballot may post or distribute cards, posters or other campaign literature within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any entrance of the building wherein any election is being held. No candidate or a representative named by him or her in writing may appear at any polling place while armed or uniformed, or display any badge or credentials except as may be issued by the manager of the polling place. As used in this section, the term "local issue" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 23-15-375. This section shall be enforced by election officials and law enforcement officials.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-3-17 [Codes, 1942, § 3166; Laws, 1935, ch. 19; Laws, 1979, ch. 487 § 4; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 333]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 275, eff. 1/1/1987; Laws, 1994, ch. 494, § 1, eff. 6/23/1994 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 149, eff. 7/1/2017.
Notes of Decisions
Harpole v. KCDEC, 908 So. 2d 129 (Miss. 2005).
· cites it 4× “Harpole alleges that Sheriff Tisdale utilized his deputies to bring prisoners to the polling precincts to vote and argues that the KCDEC acted improperly in not ruling on whether this practice was in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 23-15-895. The KCDEC maintains that it was…”
Boyd v. Tishomingo Cty. Democratic Exec. Comm., 912 So. 2d 124 (Miss. 2005).
“Boyd also alleges that Whitlock violated the "spirit and intent" of Miss.Code Ann. § 23-15-895 (Rev.2001) by having supporters "accost" voters within 150 feet of a polling place.”
Rizzo v. Bizzell, 530 So. 2d 121 (Miss. 1988).
“At issue is the prohibition against campaigning found in Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-895 (Cum.Supp. 1987).”
United States v. Brown, 494 F. Supp. 2d 440 (S.D. Miss. 2007).
“See Miss.Code Ann. § 23-15-895. *472 Annette Hadaway, the Republican manager at the East Macon precinct for the 2003 primary, testified that some young black people who had been outside of the polling place passing out campaign literature for Sheriff Albert Walker had moved to…”
Johnny Harpole v. Kemper Cnty. Democratic Exec. Comm. (Miss. 2003).
· cites it 4× “Harpole alleges that Sheriff Tisdale utilized his deputies to bring prisoners to the polling precincts to vote and argues that the KCDEC acted improperly in not ruling on whether this practice was in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-895 . The KCDEC maintains that it was…”
James Calvin Parttridge, Jr. v. Panola Cnty., Mississippi; City of Batesville, Mississippi; Shane Phelps, in his Off. & individual capacities; Melissa Meek-Phelps, in her Off. & individual capacities; Matthew Brown, in his Off. & individual capacities; Josh Griffin, in his individual capacity; Lindsey O’Conner, in her individual capacity, & John Does 1-10 (N.D. Miss. 2026).
· cites it 2× “Phelps also cites Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-895 , which provides that: No candidate for an elective office, or any representative of such candidate, and no proponent or opponent of any constitutional amendment, local issue or other measure printed on the ballot may post or…”
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