Any such manager who shall proceed to any election without having the ballot box locked and secured in the manner directed by law, or who shall open and read or consent to any other person opening and reading any ballot given him to be deposited in the box at such election, before it is put into the box, shall, upon 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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-13-5
Ballot boxes; holding election with box unlocked; reading ballot before putting in box
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case White v. State (2012)
Most recently applied in White v. State (October 2012)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(6); 1857, ch. 64, art. 75; 1871, § 2539; 1880, § 2774; 1892, § 1046; 1906, § 1124; Hemingway’s 1917, § 850; 1930, § 875; 1942,…
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