Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-13-21 (2024)
Disturbing election
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If any person shall unlawfully disturb any election at a polling place, the office of the circuit clerk, or where ballots are located, such person shall be liable to indictment, and, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 72; 1871, § 2536; 1880, § 2771; 1892, § 1043; 1906, § 1121; Hemingway's 1917, § 847; 1930, § 872; 1942, § 2098.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 8, eff. 1/1/2017.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1988–1988 · leading case: Rizzo v. Bizzell, 530 So. 2d 121 (Miss. 1988).
Rizzo v. Bizzell, 530 So. 2d 121 (Miss. 1988). “In addition to violating the 150-foot rule, the evidence of Perkins' conduct suggests possible criminal violations of election laws prohibiting disturbing an election, Miss. Code Ann. § 97-13-21 (1972), and intimidating electors to prevent voting, Miss.”
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