SEC. 23-15-139. [Statewide voter registration record.]

SECTION 1. (1) From and after July 1, 1998, the Office of the Secretary of State shall maintain a statewide voter registration record listing all qualified electors in the State of Mississippi. The statewide voter registration record shall be compiled by the Secretary of State from the records of voter registration submitted by each county registrar of this state and shall consist of a copy of the computer record maintained by each registrar pursuant to Section 23-15-114. Voters registered under the Federal Motor Voter Law shall be included in such list.

 (2) The Secretary of State shall utilize the statewide voter registration record for the purpose of identifying voters who may have moved from or within a county to another jurisdiction, identifying the names of voters who may be deceased and identifying the names of voters who may be registered in more than one (1) county. Any such information secured by the Secretary of State in accordance with this act indicating the possible need for revising a county's voter registration records shall be forwarded to the county and municipal election commissions and the county and municipal registrars on a periodic basis, upon receipt of which the appropriate election commission shall revise the voter registration records, in accordance with applicable state and federal law.

SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 421, Sec. 1, HB1470, Voting Rights, Act.

Note: 1997 Laws, Chapter 421, Section 4, state as follows:

SECTION 4. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall 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.