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 §§ 23–23 (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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