Representatives in the Congress of the United States shall be chosen by districts on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in the year 1986, and every two (2) years thereafter. The laws regulating general elections shall apply to and govern elections for representatives in Congress; and the Governor shall issue a commission to the person elected in each district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-1033
Election of representatives in Congress by districts; issuance of commissions by Governor
Known as the Mississippi Election Code
The act spans §§ 23-15-1 to 23-15-997 (378 sections).
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-217 [Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 7, art 5 (10); 1857, ch. 4, art 32; 1871, § 360; 1880, § 160; 1892, § 3687; 1906, § 4194; Hemingway’s 1917, § 68…
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