Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-266

Executive committee authorized to enter into agreements regarding conduct of elections if certain criteria met

Known as the Mississippi Election Code

The act spans §§ 23-15-1 to 23-15-997 (378 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 907 So. 2d 307 - Waters v. Gnemi (2005)

Most recently applied in 907 So. 2d 307 - Waters v. Gnemi (June 2005)

Laws, 2001, ch. 523, § 1, eff June 20, 2001 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the additio…

A county or municipal executive committee shall be eligible to enter into written agreements with a circuit or municipal clerk or a county or municipal election commission as provided for in Section 23-15-239(2), 23-15-265(2), 23-15-267(4), 23-15-333(4), 23-15-335(2) or 23-15-597(2), only if the political party with which such county or municipal executive committee is affiliated:

Has cast for its candidate for Governor in the last two (2) gubernatorial elections ten percent (10%) of the total vote cast for governor; or

Has cast for its candidate for Governor in three (3) of the last five (5) gubernatorial elections twenty-five percent (25%) of the total vote cast for Governor.

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