As Amended
SEC. 23-15-37. [Keeping registration books; registration of voters.]
(1) The registrar shall keep his books open at his office and shall register the electors of his county at any time.
(2) The registrar shall keep his office open for registration of voters from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., including the noon hour, for the five (5) business days immediately preceding the thirtieth day prior to any regularly scheduled primary or general election. The registrar shall also keep his office open from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on the Saturday immediately preceding the thirtieth day prior to any regularly scheduled primary or general election.
(3) The registrar, or any deputy registrar duly appointed by law, may visit and spend such time as he may deem necessary at any location in his county, selected by the registrar not less than thirty (30) days before an election, for the purpose of registering voters.
(4) A person who is physically disabled and unable to visit the office of the registrar to register to vote due to such disability may contact the registrar and request that the registrar or his deputy visit him for the purpose of registering such person to vote. The registrar or his deputy shall visit such person as soon as possible after such request and provide such person with an application for registration, if necessary. The completed application for registration shall be executed in the presence of the registrar or his deputy.
SOURCES: Derived from 1972 Code Sec. 23-5-29 [Codes, 1892, Sec. 3615; 1906, Sec. 4122; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 6756; 1930, Sec. 6183; 1942, Sec. 3211; Laws, 1894, ch. 51; 1942, ch. 217; 1952, ch. 399; 1955, Ex ch. 103; 1966, ch. 611, Sec. 1; 1984, ch. 457, Sec. 5; Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 335]; En Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 11; 1988, ch. 350, Sec. 2. Laws, 1991, ch. 440, Sec. 5, eff from and after May 1, 1992 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to this amendment).
1997 AMENDMENT:
SECTION 1. Section 23-15-37, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
23-15-37. (1) The registrar shall keep his books open at his office and shall register the electors of his county at any time during regular office hours.
(2) The registrar may keep his office open for registration of voters from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., including the noon hour, for the five (5) business days immediately preceding the thirtieth day prior to any regularly scheduled primary or general election. The registrar may also keep his office open from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on the Saturday immediately preceding the thirtieth day prior to any regularly scheduled primary or general election.
(3) The registrar, or any deputy registrar duly appointed by law, may visit and spend such time as he may deem necessary at any location in his county, selected by the registrar not less than thirty (30) days before an election, for the purpose of registering voters.
(4) A person who is physically disabled and unable to visit the office of the registrar to register to vote due to such disability may contact the registrar and request that the registrar or his deputy visit him for the purpose of registering such person to vote. The registrar or his deputy shall visit such person as soon as possible after such request and provide such person with an application for registration, if necessary. The completed application for registration shall be executed in the presence of the registrar or his deputy.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, ch. 314, Sec. 1, eff after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Note: 1997 Laws, Chapter 314, Section 2, state as follows:
SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi is hereby directed to submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.