For purposes of this chapter, the term “ballot box” includes any ballot bag or other container of a type that has been approved for use in elections by the Secretary of State and is capable of receiving voted paper ballots. Such ballot bags or containers may be used for any purpose that a ballot box may be used under the provisions of law regulating elections in Mississippi or any other purpose authorized by the rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary of State.
Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-3
Definition of “ballot box.”
Known as the Mississippi Election Code
The act spans §§ 23–23 (378 sections).
Laws, 2007, ch. 596, § 1; Laws, 2017, ch. 441, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2017.
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